Chicano studies

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…

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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...

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"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 is not Hispanic