This young senator frequently joined Cesar Chavez on the scene of his hunger strikes to push their agenda forward, also gaining fame at the same time.
Who is Robert Kennedy?
100
A precursor to the Chicano movement int he 60's, this movement provided the inroads which provided an example for Chicano leaders.
What is the Black Rights Movement?
(Civil Rights Movement is acceptable)
100
This education committee excluded militants from schools who were involved in protests, solidifying hegemony in school systems.
What is the Educational Issues Coordinating Committee (EICC)?
100
This senator from Texas championed the rights of Chicanos, but resistant militancy and nationalistic stances, creating a distance between him and some Chicanos.
Who is Henry B. Gonzalez?
100
Created in 1967 by Chicano students, this very militant group of students shook the pillars of the educational system. It was disbanded, however, in 1972 by police infiltration and leadership problems.
What are The Brown Berets?
200
This Latino man was the star of "Chico and the Man," and captivated audiences by breaking traditional Latino roles on television.
Who is Freddie Prinze?
200
The political effort by Lyndon B. Johnson to fight the rising poverty in the U.S., specifically in ethnic neighborhoods, was known as "The War on _______"
What is Poverty?
200
These "employees of the people" were responsible for allowing strikebreakers to violently break picket lines, and well as arrest "would be" problem workers.
Who are state/local police?
200
This city on the west coast is a hotbed for political activity that frequently comes about by the use plays, poetry, books, films, and murals.
It's name is even in Spanish.
What is Los Angeles?
200
This effective method of striking and asked consumers to avoid buying farmer products in support of their cause, hitting their wallets as well as their image.
What is boycotting?
300
The public figurehead of the United Farm Workers (UFW) created in 1965, he used political, religous and economic means to fight for farm worker's equality.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
300
Raised in the barrio but graduating from Princeton, this woman was the first person of Latino decent to be a part of this very important judicial position?
What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
300
Often times, these men would infiltrate Chicano/a movements to dismantle it from the inside, or guide them in a disastrous direction.
Who are undercover agents/paid provocateurs?
300
Passive protests, such as boycotting, sit-ins, and hunger strikes, gained sympathy by utilizing the same techniques as what important historical figure from India?
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
300
Patsy Tijerino of the Alianza, the religous Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, and other militant leaders sought "reoccupy" former lands in Southwestern U.S., known as THIS historical land to Chicanos.
What is Atzlan?
400
This president championed the Civil Rights Act of 1965, despite it failing to pass in 1964 in congress under his predecessor.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
400
Chicanos and other minorities criticized this event from overshadowing plights of minorities at home by over representing casualties.
What is The Vietnam War?
400
These paid employees (not state or federal employees) of farmers broke up picket lines and strikes, often killing many Mexican-Americans in the process.
Who are Strikebreakers?
400
The prominent, ideological, gendered way of thinking that kept many women out of the fight for equal rights during the fight for farmer's rights.
What is Machismo/Gender Roles/Chauvinism?
400
This theatrical work created by Lalo Guerrero created sympathy for farm workers during their fight for equal pay.
What is the "Corrido de Delano?"
500
One of the key organizers of the agricultural United Farm Workers union, she contributed behind the scenes and in the shadow of another more well remembered figure, Cesar Chavez.
Who is Dolores Huerta?
500
This event, taking place on August 27th 1970, was the largest Chicano demonstration with over 30,000 protesters. It was broken up violently by police, but attracted national attention.
What is The August 29th Moratorium?
500
This term refers to the historical awareness of the Chicanos' role as oppressed members of society, and the awareness of their complex, multiple heritages and identities.
What is Chicanozaje?
500
Founded by Jose Angel Gutierrez, this man founded this organization that organized school walkouts, education reform, and Mexican-American student protest.
What is MAYO (Mexican American Youth Organization)?