https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu Mexican American (Chicano) en-us 2022-04-26 19:29:40 UTC 2022-04-26 19:46:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f32f.png turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159160190 Dolores Huerta was important because she was the main leader of the Chicano Movement called the Agriculture Workers Association, this movement was for mainly equal rights for farmers. Farmers were not being paid enough or getting benefits.

]]> 2022-04-26 19:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159160190 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159160704 Cesar Chavez was important because he made the United Farmer Workers Union as well as was involved in the Bracero Program. He was mainly focused on the grape growers and farm-workers. Bracero was for Mexican immigrants to work hard labor for a small amount of money. ]]> 2022-04-26 19:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159160704 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159161003 Pete Hernandez was a migrant worker who was charged with the murder of his employer and sentenced to life in prison by an all-white jury.]]> 2022-04-26 19:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159161003 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159161514 The movement was non-violent. They did walk-outs because kids were concerned about their education due to the inequality of their education. In a section named Education on the “Chicano Movement” site, it says they had a non-violent walk-out protest. Most of the strikes were either walkouts or marches.]]> 2022-04-26 19:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159161514 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159165905 The U.S. Government launched “Operation Wetback,” a program to send people of Mexican descent to Mexico 3.8 million people were deported and many of them were American citizens.

]]> 2022-04-26 19:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159165905 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159166888 Miami's Coral Way Elementary School offers the nation’s first bilingual education program in public schools

]]> 2022-04-26 19:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159166888 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159167516 Cesar Chavez joined with Filipino American workers led by Larry Itliong to strike grape growers in Delano California, the modern farm workers’ movement was born.

]]> 2022-04-26 19:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159167516 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159168089 Congress passes the Cuban American Adjustment Act allowing Cubans who lived in America for at least one year to become permanent residents]]> 2022-04-26 19:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159168089 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159168408 Latino high school students in Los Angeles stage citywide walkouts protesting unequal treatment by the 

school district.

]]> 2022-04-26 19:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159168408 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159168737 Response to the violent repression of Farm Workers leads Cesar Chavez to begin a 25-day fast to keep the farmworker movement non-violent]]> 2022-04-26 19:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159168737 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159169364 The Third World Liberation Front organizes a major strike at UC Berkeley that lasts until April starting in January]]> 2022-04-26 19:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159169364 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159169704 The first major Latino voter registration organization begins, registering more than two million Latino voters in the first 20 years

]]> 2022-04-26 19:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159169704 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159169976 Congress passes the Equal Education Opportunity Act of 1974 to make bilingual education more widely available in public schools

]]> 2022-04-26 19:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159169976 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159170333 After non-English speakers testify about the discrimination they face at the polls, Congress votes to expand the U.S. Voting Rights Act to require language assistance at polling stations]]> 2022-04-26 19:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159170333 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159171913 They changed a lot including laws, working conditions, their voice politically, and made everybody aware of how unfair laws were as well as the discrimination against them.]]> 2022-04-26 19:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159171913 turnerh21 https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159172809 Cuban American Adjustment Act]]> 2022-04-26 19:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/turnerh21/3vl9zmojqe0trtzu/wish/2159172809