Latinos and Native Americans Seek Equality Chapter 23
Latinos Americans of Latin American descent
Mexican Americans 1848 – 100,000 Mexicans 1910s – 1 million 1940s and 1950s – braceros – temporary laborers Better paying jobs
Puerto Ricans in NYC
Cubans in Miami, Florida Flee the rule of Fidel Castro
Central Americans come in the 1960s
Latinos Ethnic prejudice, discrimination in jobs and housing Most lived in segregated barrios Jobless rate was 50% higher
Cesar Chavez Organizes farm workers to form a union Forms the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee in 1966
Hunger strike – grape growers refuse to recognize the union
Cesar Chavez Farm workers go across country to convince people to boycott California grapes 1970 – Huerta negotiates a contract – higher wages and some benefits
Cultural Pride 1968 – Bilingual Education Act Chicano Studies 1968 – Brown Berets organize a walkout in East LA high schools 15,000 students Want smaller classes, more Chicano teachers
La Raza Unida (Mexican-Americans United) 1970s – run Latino candidates in five states Win races for mayor, city council, school boards
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Women Fight for Equality Section 2
Feminism The belief that women should have economic, political, and social equality with men – 40 percent work - less pay and opportunities - active in the Civil Rights Movement but had lesser roles
NOW Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission National Organization for Women (1966) Child-care facilities Guidelines to employers
Gloria Steinem
Changes Some refused to take their husband’s last name 1972 – Congress passes a ban on gender discrimination for educational programs taking federal assistance - women go to previous all-male colleges
Roe v. Wade 1973 – Supreme Court rules women can have the right to an abortion during the first three months of pregnancy
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Congress passes it in 1972 The “pro-family” movement begins Only 35 of 38 states ratify it
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