The Chicano Movement

The Chicano Movement

Chicano/Chicana

• Cultural and Political Identity 

• Implies a commitment to social justice and social change 

• A  Mexican American who understands their roots

Different Parts of the Movimiento

• The Chicano Movement in the Fields

• Chicano Education

• Reclaiming: The Struggle for Land

• The Chicano Movement in the Cities

Goals of the Chicano Movement

• Social, economic, and political equality.

  Chicano students in the city wanted educational opportunities that would allow them to compete for white collar careers

  The movement starts with the Farmworkers strike in 1965, led by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta

Chicano vs. Traditional Mexican American Leadership

Chicano Movement

• Reies Lopez Tijerina

• The Brown Berets

• La Raza Unida

• Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO)

• Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales

• The Crusade for Justice 

• El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán

Traditional Mexican American

• LULAC

• The G.I. Forum

• Hector P. Garcia

• Henry B. Gonzalez

• Supported by Johnson and benefited from the Great Society

• Viva Kennedy Clubs

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Chicano

Mexican American

identity

pride

justice

African American

assimilation

appropriation

education

agriculture

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La Raza Unida

Brown Berets

MAYO

Corky Gonzales

LULAC

GI Forum

Hector P. Garcia

Viva Kennedy

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Chicano Movement

Traditional Mexican American Leadership

Multiple Select

Which of the following led the Farmworkers Strike in 1965?

• Corky Gonzales

• Dolores Huerta

• Cesar Chavez

• Henry B. Gonzalez

The Importance of Unions

• The United Farm Workers (UFW) is a union that represents those who work in the fields providing food for the American people.

• Unions fight for the rights of workers. Because of unions, workers are provided with...

The UFW is Still Around Today

The UFW and the Chicano Movement

• The national attention surrounding the actions of the UFW made it the heart and soul of the Chicano Movement

• When people from all over the nations saw the UFW marching for equality, it was easy to connect the UFW with the Civil Rights Movement

Los Tres

• The leaders of the United Farm Workers, previously the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA).

• Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Gil Padilla

• All three members worked together prior to the creation of the NFWA, but became upset with the lack of results from other organizations

Multiple Select

Which of the following would a labor union advocate for?

• Workers' Compensation

• Minimum Wage

• Health Benefits

• Unemployment Insurance

Multiple Choice

True or False: The UFW is still around today

• True

• False

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UFW

attention

civil rights

education

oastracism

integration

voting legislation

MAYO

Raze Unida Party

Helping the Farmers

• One of the main goal of Los Tres, other than creating a union, was to provide farmworkers with economic opportunities

• Los Tres created a credit union and also provided members of the union with life insurance up to $1,000.

• Los Tres canvassed over 80 communities in an attempt to raise awareness and membership in the union

Cesar E. Chavez

• He learned about justice or rather injustice early in his life when his father was cheated out of land. 

  They lived in San Jose, California in the barrio called Sal Si Puedes -“Get Out If You Can.” Cesar thought the only way to get out of the circle of poverty was to work his way up and send the kids to college. 

  He joined the U.S. Navy, which was then segregated, in 1946, at the age of 19, and served for two years.

The Road to the UFW

• In 1962 Cesar helped create the National Farm Workers Association, later to become the United Farm Workers – the UFW.

• That same year Richard Chavez designed the UFW Eagle and Cesar chose the black and red colors: 

• “A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know it means dignity.”

• “We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.”

Dolores Huerta

• Born in New Mexico, but grew up in an agricultural area of California. 

• Her father was a farmworker, miner, and union activist. 

• Dolores attended the University of Pacific’s Delta College in Stockton earning a provisional teaching credential. 

• While teaching, she could no longer bear to see her students come to school with empty stomachs and bare feet, and thus began her lifelong journey of working to correct economic injustice.

Dolores and Cesar Meet...

• Dolores found her calling as an organizer while serving in the leadership of the Stockton Community Service Organization (CSO). 

  In 1955, she meets César E. Chávez. The two soon discovered that they shared a common vision of organizing farm workers, an idea that was not in line with the CSO’s mission.

  As a result, César and Dolores resigned from the CSO, and launched the National Farm Workers Association in the spring of 1962.

• The NWFA will merge with another labor organization to form the United Farm Workers

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los tres

farmworkers

economic

educational

Chicano Youth

migrants

naturalization

GI Forum

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Place the following events in the correct chronological order

• Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez served the Stockton Community Service Organization

• Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez meet

• Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta discover their common vision of organizing farm workers

• Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta launch the National Farm Workers Association

• The United Farm Workers is formed when the NFWA and another labor organization merge

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Multiple Choice

Which of following is associated with the UFW