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Striving for Equality: Latinos and Native Americans in the Fight for Rights

Explore the historical journey of Latinos and Native Americans seeking equality and civil rights in the US, from labor movements to social activism, spanning from the 1840s to the 1970s. Learn about key figures like Cesar Chavez, movements like La Raza Unida, and the fight for cultural pride.

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Striving for Equality: Latinos and Native Americans in the Fight for Rights

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  1. Latinos and Native Americans Seek Equality Chapter 23

  2. Latinos • Americans of Latin American descent

  3. Mexican Americans • 1848 – 100,000 Mexicans • 1910s – 1 million • 1940s and 1950s – braceros – temporary laborers • Better paying jobs

  4. Puerto Ricans in NYC

  5. Cubans in Miami, Florida Flee the rule of Fidel Castro - 1959

  6. Central Americans come in the 1960s

  7. Latinos • Ethnic prejudice, discrimination in jobs and housing • Most lived in segregated barrios • Jobless rate was 50% higher

  8. Cesar Chavez • Organizes farm workers to form a union • Forms the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee in 1966

  9. Hunger strike – grape growers refuse to recognize the union

  10. Cesar Chavez • Farm workers go across country to convince people to boycott California grapes • 1970 – Huerta negotiates a contract – higher wages and some benefits

  11. Cultural Pride • 1968 – Bilingual Education Act • Chicano Studies • 1968 – Brown Berets organize a walkout in East LA high schools • 15,000 students • Want smaller classes, more Chicano teachers

  12. La Raza Unida (Mexican-Americans United) • 1970s – run Latino candidates in five states • Win races for mayor, city council, school boards

  13. https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/DuePearcyCollection/Why%20We%20Boycott.pdfhttps://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/DuePearcyCollection/Why%20We%20Boycott.pdf

  14. Women Fight for Equality Section 2

  15. Feminism • The belief that women should have economic, political, and social equality with men • - 1960 – 40 percent work • - less pay and opportunities • - active in the Civil Rights Movement but had lesser roles

  16. NOW • Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission • National Organization for Women (1966) • Child-care facilities • Guidelines to employers

  17. Gloria Steinem

  18. Changes • Some refused to take their husband’s last name • 1972 – Congress passes a ban on gender discrimination for educational programs taking federal assistance • - women go to previous all-male colleges

  19. Roe v. Wade • 1973 – Supreme Court rules women can have the right to an abortion during the first three months of pregnancy

  20. Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) • Congress passes it in 1972 • The “pro-family” movement begins • Only 35 of 38 states ratify it

  21. Gender Pay • http://kxan.com/investigative-story/the-glaring-gender-pay-gap-in-central-texas/

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