Chicano movement

Students have long played a prominent role in social and political activism. On the afternoon of February 1, 1960, four students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a b…

During Protest Over Apprehension of Spanish Americans in Denver Bus Bombing Case

"Education Not Eradication" - Chicano high school walkouts, March 6th-9th, 1968. Photo credit: Chicano Student News, courtesy California Library for Social Studies and Research — in Los Angeles, California.

Chicano movement

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The Story of the Brown Berets The personal story of David Sanchez, 19-year-old leader of the Chicano Power Brown Beret movement is about as vivid an illustration as one can find of how once complacent East Los Angles kids have been driven into open, violent rebellion against establishment indifference, bad schools and police brutality...

In the 1960s and Now: Photos of Latino Youth Resistance #Artbound

"Learning Your Own History Is Important!! Brown Berets against police brutality! For self determination of our people!" Artist: Does anyone know who the artist is?

"Our fight is at home, not in Vietnam" - The Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) and the Brown Berets formed this anti-Vietnam war demonstration in the early 1970s. The left side of their banner reads, "Remember Ruben Salazar, who was a Mexican-American journalist killed by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War on August 29, 1970 in East Los Angeles, California. Does anyone know who took this picture?