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The 1968 SFSC (now SFSU) student strike was a coalition strike between Black, Asian and Latinx students which resulted in the establishment of the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF), as well as the first Ethnic Studies program/dept. This is significant to our CSU student population in toto. Some images that might be representative of this can be found here: https://www.sutori.com/en/story/a-history-of-ethnic-studies--SdT51J153UKEpU5RtmYnaTeG

and here: http://aam1968.blogspot.com/2008/01/san-francisco-state-strike-1968-twlf.html

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A brief history of the Ethnic Studies movement. The timeline begins in the 1960s and ends this year. Embedded into the timeline are visuals, newspaper articles, video clips and other primary/secondary sources. Additionally, the timeline includes a few short formative assessments.

The Ethnic Studies Movement: A Brief History

1960s: The Civil Rights Movement has gained momentum as African Americans, led by leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Stokeley Carmichael and Fannie Lou Hamer have forced Americans to deal with the segregation and gross racism found in the South as well as several major urban areas in the North. The movement inspires others to organize for change. As a result, organizations such as the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, the Berkely Free Speech Movement, N.O.W, and the UFW emerge in the 1960s and 1970s.

In 1968, the longest strike in U.S. History was led by the Black Student Union and a coalition of other student groups known as the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF). The strike took place on the campus of San Francisco State University, it lasted 5 months. The TWLF demanded equal access to public higher education, more senior faculty of color and a new curriculum that would embrace the history and culture of all people including Ethnic minorities.

The movement also resulted in the creation of:

Quiz

According to the video, the TWLF listed 15 demands that had "3 principle themes". Which of the following WAS NOT one of these demands.

The right of 3rd World students to an education

The formation of a school of Ethnic Studies

The creation of a Paulo Friere Institute

Did you know?

The first College of Ethnic Studies was established at San Francisco State University on March 20, 1969

1970s & 1980s: The US economy suffered during this 20-year period due to events like the 1972 Energy Crisis and the unemployment rate reaching its highest point since pre-World War II. As a result, cutbacks were made in California which hurt the expansion of Ethnic Studies programs.

Did you know?

By 1993 over 700 Ethnic Studies Programs existed in the United States? The biggest "E.S." programs were at UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, University of Washington, and the University of Colorado-Boulder

In late 2014 LAUSD board voted to make Ethnic Studies a graduation requirement. By 2019, every LAUSD high school student will need to take a class in ethnic studies to graduate

Quiz

The first school district in California to make the passing of an Ethnic Studies course a requirement to graduate was

Los Angeles

El Rancho Unified School District

Chino Valley Unified

A 2016 Stanford Study Suggests Academic Benefits to Ethnic Studies Courses

1. Students in these courses saw their GPA increase by 1.4 points

2. Students enrolled in these courses attended school more frequently (21% increase)

3. Students enrolled in these courses added an additional 23 credits to their transcripts

4. Male Latinos enrolled in these courses experienced the most dramitic improvements

Dee, & Penner, 2016 *Study took place at 5 high schools in the San Francisco Unified School District

September, 2016
Governor Jerry Brown signed AB2016. The law requires California's Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) to create a guide to teaching classes on ethnic studies. It also requires the state to create, review, and adopt a model curriculum by the end of 2019

AB 101 Passes on October 8, 2021

In 2021 CA Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation making California the first state to require all students to complete a semester-long course in ethnic studies to earn a high school diploma.

The mandate will take effect starting with the graduating class of 2029-30, although high schools must start to offer courses starting in the 2025-26 school year.

This information from this timeline comes from Hu-Dehart, E (1993). The history, development, and future of ethnic studies. The Phi Delta Kappan, 71(1), 50-54. Cabrera, L., Milena, J.F., Jaquette, O., Marx, R.W.(2014). Missing the (student achievement) from forest from all the (political) trees: Empiricism and the Mexican American Studies controversy in Tucson. American Educational Research Journal, 51(6), 1084-1118 The San Francisco State College Strike Collection:

The Ethnic Studies Movement: A Brief History

1960s: The Civil Rights Movement has gained momentum as African Americans, led by leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Stokeley Carmichael and Fannie Lou Hamer have forced Americans to deal with the segregation and gross racism found in the South as well as several major urban areas in the North. The movement inspires others to organize for change. As a result, organizations such as the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, the Berkely Free Speech Movement, N.O.W, and the UFW emerge in the 1960s and 1970s.

In 1968, the longest strike in U.S. History was led by the Black Student Union and a coalition of other student groups known as the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF). The strike took place on the campus of San Francisco State University, it lasted 5 months. The TWLF demanded equal access to public higher education, more senior faculty of color and a new curriculum that would embrace the history and culture of all people including Ethnic minorities.

The movement also resulted in the creation of:

Quiz

According to the video, the TWLF listed 15 demands that had "3 principle themes". Which of the following WAS NOT one of these demands.

The right of 3rd World students to an education

The formation of a school of Ethnic Studies

The creation of a Paulo Friere Institute

Did you know?

The first College of Ethnic Studies was established at San Francisco State University on March 20, 1969

1970s & 1980s: The US economy suffered during this 20-year period due to events like the 1972 Energy Crisis and the unemployment rate reaching its highest point since pre-World War II. As a result, cutbacks were made in California which hurt the expansion of Ethnic Studies programs.

Did you know?

By 1993 over 700 Ethnic Studies Programs existed in the United States? The biggest "E.S." programs were at UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, University of Washington, and the University of Colorado-Boulder

In late 2014 LAUSD board voted to make Ethnic Studies a graduation requirement. By 2019, every LAUSD high school student will need to take a class in ethnic studies to graduate

Quiz

The first school district in California to make the passing of an Ethnic Studies course a requirement to graduate was

Los Angeles

El Rancho Unified School District

Chino Valley Unified

A 2016 Stanford Study Suggests Academic Benefits to Ethnic Studies Courses

1. Students in these courses saw their GPA increase by 1.4 points

2. Students enrolled in these courses attended school more frequently (21% increase)

3. Students enrolled in these courses added an additional 23 credits to their transcripts

4. Male Latinos enrolled in these courses experienced the most dramitic improvements

Dee, & Penner, 2016 *Study took place at 5 high schools in the San Francisco Unified School District

September, 2016
Governor Jerry Brown signed AB2016. The law requires California's Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) to create a guide to teaching classes on ethnic studies. It also requires the state to create, review, and adopt a model curriculum by the end of 2019

AB 101 Passes on October 8, 2021

In 2021 CA Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation making California the first state to require all students to complete a semester-long course in ethnic studies to earn a high school diploma.

The mandate will take effect starting with the graduating class of 2029-30, although high schools must start to offer courses starting in the 2025-26 school year.

This information from this timeline comes from Hu-Dehart, E (1993). The history, development, and future of ethnic studies. The Phi Delta Kappan, 71(1), 50-54. Cabrera, L., Milena, J.F., Jaquette, O., Marx, R.W.(2014). Missing the (student achievement) from forest from all the (political) trees: Empiricism and the Mexican American Studies controversy in Tucson. American Educational Research Journal, 51(6), 1084-1118 The San Francisco State College Strike Collection:

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A brief history of the Ethnic Studies movement. The timeline begins in the 1960s and ends this year. Embedded into the timeline are visuals, newspaper articles, video clips and other primary/secondary sources. Additionally, the timeline includes a few short formative assessments.

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I think the ideas generated so far are fantastic. 2 thoughts immediately came to mind:
1- I know that Bulosan's /America Is In the Heart/ is beloved and also heavily critiqued. Regardless of ones' position on it, he discusses the Filipino worker presence in the very same fields that surround CSUCI. I have 2 suggestions to reflect this: a) have the student reading the generic "Asian Pacific....Studies" book actually be the Bulosan text; b) have an image of Filipinx and Latinx workers. It could be this image of Chavez and Itliong: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/us/larry-itliong-forgotten-filipino-labor-leader.html
2- As a dancer, it would be great to have an image of our campus student dance groups (KakePops or Kilusan Pilipino) reflected.

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Forgotten Hero of Labor Fight; His Son’s Lonely Quest (Published 2012)

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A son’s mission is to bring to light the accomplishments of his father, Larry Itliong, and his role in the largely forgotten Filipino contribution to labor activism.