Minorities - Hispanics Flashcards
Problems
Land
Workers rights
Discrimination
Deportation
Problems with land
1948 American Mexican war ended. Border between US and Mexico. Mexicans in the states that became US could become US citizens.
Problems with workers rights
Hispanic farmers had appalling conditions and few trade unions.
Problems with discrimination
From 1953 millions were deported in operation wetback.
Aims
Voting rights.
Better work farmer unions.
Stop police brutality.
Lopez ??
Protest worked with black leaders. Courthouse to make citizens arrest of an abusive district attorney. Went wrong, they took hostages and gun battle followed.
Unida??
Encouraged Hispanics to vote and campaigned for better work.
Chavez??
Set up farmer unions, strikes and protests.
Gonzales??
Crusade for justice, direct action, influenced YYCA.
Berets??
Young militants 1967.
Campaigned against police brutality.
Similar tactics to AA:
Trade unions.
Restricted land caused protests.
Radical methods.
Voting rights.
Different tactics to AA:
Slower changes.
Hunger strikes.
No leader.
Successes:
1968 Mexican American legal defence and education fund pursued civil rights.
1975 voting right acts extension provided language assistance at polling stations.
Failures??
Slow changes until 1954 where Supreme Court said Hispanics were equal.
Protests for land made no changes.
