Chicano Movement facts for kids
The Chicano Movement, also known as El Movimiento, was a social and political movement inspired by acts of resistance from people of Mexican descent in the 1940s and 1950s, and the Black Power movement, that worked to support a Chicano/a identity.
The Chicano Movement was heavily influenced by and entwined with the Black Power movement.
Images for kids
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The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC)
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The Brown Berets marching in 1970.
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Student protest in support of the UFW boycott, San Jose, California.
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Detail of the "Los Seis de Boulder" memorial sculpture on the University of Colorado Boulder campus
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"Please, Don't Bury Me Alive!"
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An article about what a marriage in Aztlán would have been like.
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See also
In Spanish: Movimiento chicano para niños
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