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12022-07-15T23:14:59+00:00Isabel Duron4726413e2c4e6b64fa62c586b1a781ab2c26d578Maria Elena Durazo Brief Childhood Summary6Background Research - Timelineplain2022-07-21T17:40:48+00:00Isabel Duron4726413e2c4e6b64fa62c586b1a781ab2c26d578
1media/005_La-Ofrenda-1024x669-820x536.jpg2021-12-02T22:00:00+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491968 The United Farm Workers /Hunger Strike51968plain2022-01-07T02:41:39+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Breaking Bread CC and RFK_thumb.JPG2022-01-07T03:03:00+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491966 Breaking Bread3Ending his 23-day fast in support of the Union’s strike against grape growers, United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez (R) breaks bread with Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in this 1966 photo. Chavez said that Kennedy legitimized his union’s cause by lending his support. On 19th February, 1968, Cesar Chavez, the trade union leader, began a hunger strike in protest against the violence being used against his members in California. Robert F. Kennedy went to the San Joaquin Valley to give Chavez his support and told waiting reporters: “I am here out of respect for one of the heroic figures of our time – Cesar Chavez. I congratulate all of you who are locked with Cesar in the struggle for justice for the farm worker and in the struggle for justice for Spanish-speaking Americans.” On March 10 Robert F. Kennedy flew to California to help Chavez end a 25-day fast, offered as public penance for the violence that had resulted from his union's strike tactics. Chavez, who had lost 35 pounds in 25 days, was too weak to speak at the Mass of Thanksgiving in his honor. But someone read his speech, which included the following words: "It is how we use our lives that determines what kind of men we are... I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totallymedia/Breaking Bread CC and RFK.JPGplain2022-01-07T03:07:53+00:001966Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
12022-02-07T23:18:54+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a492000 - Immigrants Rights Rally at LA Sports Arena2Contreras organized one of the largest immigrant-rights rallies in U.S. history, when 20,000 immigrant workers of all colors filled the Sports Arena in June 2000.plain2022-02-07T23:30:02+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Chicano Moratorium_thumb.jpeg2021-12-02T01:37:56+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491970 Anti War Protest21970media/Chicano Moratorium.jpegplain2022-07-14T23:14:20+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/John Oritz _thumb.jpeg2021-12-02T00:40:12+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49East Los Angeles Walk Outs1Chicano Movementmedia/John Oritz .jpegplain2021-12-02T00:40:12+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Cesar and RFK_thumb.png2022-01-07T02:57:13+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49RFK and Cesar Chavez1Ending his 23-day fast in support of the Union’s strike against grape growers, United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez (R) breaks bread with Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in this 1966 photo. Chavez said that Kennedy legitimized his union’s cause by lending his support. On 19th February, 1968, Cesar Chavez, the trade union leader, began a hunger strike in protest against the violence being used against his members in California. Robert F. Kennedy went to the San Joaquin Valley to give Chavez his support and told waiting reporters: “I am here out of respect for one of the heroic figures of our time – Cesar Chavez. I congratulate all of you who are locked with Cesar in the struggle for justice for the farm worker and in the struggle for justice for Spanish-speaking Americans.” On March 10 Robert F. Kennedy flew to California to help Chavez end a 25-day fast, offered as public penance for the violence that had resulted from his union's strike tactics. Chavez, who had lost 35 pounds in 25 days, was too weak to speak at the Mass of Thanksgiving in his honor. But someone read his speech, which included the following words: "It is how we use our lives that determines what kind of men we are... I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice. To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us be men." Note: sources have conflicting start and ending dates of this either 25 or 27 day fast on water only. (UPI Photo/Files)media/Cesar and RFK.pngplain2022-01-07T02:57:13+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Sal Castro Large_thumb.jpeg2022-02-03T01:52:12+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49March 1968 Sal Castro with walkout students at Lincoln High School1Image courtesy of LA Times Photographic Archive, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. Set the Night on Fire: "Castro, a high school teacher long active in liberal and Mexican-American causes, was a key force in organizing student walkouts to protest school conditions in East L.A. The "Blowouts", as they were soon called, were genesis events in the emergence of a new, militant "Chicano" identity.media/Sal Castro Large.jpegplain2022-02-03T01:52:12+00:001968Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/YoungLordsarchival-5b2aaccfba617700548e4dc1_thumb.jpeg2022-08-01T20:14:00+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491968: The Young Lord's Organization/Party1In 1968, José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez established the Young Lords Organization (YLO) at Lincoln Park, one of the most impoverished barrios of Chicago, Illinois. Modeled and inspired after the Black Panther Party (BPP), the YLO emerged from a Puerto Rican street gang to a community-based organization involved in advocating for minority access to healthcare, education, housing, and employment. The YLO was multiethnic and inclusive to African American, Latino/x, women, and LGBTQ membership, self-identified as “revolutionist nationalists” who rallied for Puerto Rico’s independence and power to the people, and adopted a 13 Point Program and Platform—a set of policies, responsibilities, and principles the organization lived by. The YLO expanded to other cities, including New York City, where a group of college students established a YLO chapter and renamed it the Young Lords Party (YLP). After World War II ended, thousands of Puerto Ricans migrated from the island to the U.S. mainland, particularly to New York and Chicago, where they established neighborhoods at Lincoln Park and East Harlem. Within these barrios, Puerto Ricans became vulnerable to discrimination, police brutality, lack of employment and education, and gentrification. Throughout the late 60s and early 70s, the Young Lords of Chicago rebranded from a street gang into a community-based organization. Similar to the BPP, the YLO’s structure of leadership consisted of various ministers who were responsible for specific committees, including education, health, and finance. The YLO of Chicago became more active after James Lamb, an off-duty officer, received no repercussions for killing Manuel Ramos, a YLO member, during a party. Under Jiménez, the YLO formed coalitions with other groups and expanded to New York’s East Harlem, where a group of first generation college students headed an independent chapter. The New York City chapter aroused national headlines during their Garbage Offensive. In retaliation to the city’s poor sanitation services, YLO members led a week-long neighborhood cleanup and burned a garbage pile in the middle of a street intersection, causing the arrival of the police and fire department at the scene. In New York and in Chicago, YLO members led a series of protests and building occupations, held free breakfast programs for children, which helped standardize the current federal children’s nutrition program, established free medical clinics, and created Puerto Rican cultural centers, celebrating the history and heritage of all Puertorriqueño/as. In addition, both chapters published a monthly newspaper to promote community services and events. By the late 1970s, the Young Lords Organization and Party retreated from their activities. In 1995, Cha-Cha Jiménez collaborated with DePaul University’s Center for Latino Research to create the Lincoln Park Project, which archives and documents the legacy of the YLO.media/YoungLordsarchival-5b2aaccfba617700548e4dc1.jpegplain2022-08-01T20:14:00+00:00Young Lords members march with a sign that reads, "The Party of the Young Lords serves and protects your people.". Iris Morales, ¡Palante, Siempre Palante!, 1996. Film.1968Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49