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Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. Taking Back the Schools. Educational Issues. Drop out rates, push-outs Educational tracking: confining bilingual children in vocational education Advising: encouraging enrollment in non-college programs

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Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

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  1. Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement Taking Back the Schools

  2. Educational Issues • Drop out rates, push-outs • Educational tracking: confining bilingual children in vocational education • Advising: encouraging enrollment in non-college programs • Use of corporal punishment • Anti-Mexican attitudes and prejudice • Reading and graduation rates

  3. Mendez v. Westminster • 1946 California Supreme Court ruling that outlawed the segregation of Mexican children • Ruling outlawed practice of segregation for “language necessity” • Also based on the notion of Mexicans as members of the caucasion race • 1954: Hernandez v. US: Supreme Court ruling that Mexicans had been treated “as a class apart” and entitled to equal rights protections

  4. East Los Angeles Walk-Outs • March, 1968, student petitions to improve schools ignored • Student stage massive walk-outs, also called the East Los Angeles blow-outs • 12,000 students participate, some arrested for disorderly conduct and failure to disperse

  5. The East Los Angeles 13 • 13 students and community leaders charged with “conspiracy to commit misdemeanors” for conspiracy to disrupt the schools, elevated the complaint to a felony • Faced 66 year prison terms if convicted • Included Sal Castro: major supporter of the student walk-outs • Also included: Moctezuma Esparza, Raul Ruiz, Carlos Munoz Jr. and 10 others • Charges dropped on civil rights issues: right to petition government agencies for grievances, freedom of assembly and free speech • Recognized as the first significant urban struggle of the Chicano Movement

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