Chicana and Chicano Activism in Education, 1968 to the Present
by
Margarita Berta-Avila, Anita Tijerina-Revilla, Julie Figueroa
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
In 1968 over 10,000 Chicana/o high school students in East Los Angeles walked out of their schools in the first major protest against racism and educational inequality staged by Mexican Americans in the United States. They ignited the Mexican-American civil rights movement, which opened the doors...