Chicanos movement

13:30 3 Speakers 5 Kapitlar 33 segments

Kapitlar

  1. 0:05

    Good evening, and welcome to a special extended edition of the 60s legacy. Today, we are deconstructing a revolution that is often overshadowed in the history books, the Chicano movement, or el movimiento. This wasn't just a single protest.…

  2. 1:05

    The silence broke because of the soil. To understand the 1960s, you have to understand the decade of discrimination that came before. By 1965, Mexican-Americans were the largest invisible minority in the United States. In the fields, farm w…

  3. 6:11

    Carla, you were one of those students at Garfield High in 1968. You've described the schools as mental occupation. What did you mean by that? And what did it feel like the day of the walkout? It's hard to explain unless you left it. The sch…

  4. 11:36

    That was the day they killed Ruben Salazar, the only major journalist who was standing outside of the CIA. They fired a tear gas canister into a bar and hit him in the head. It felt like they was trying to kill the messenger. So, we've cove…

  5. 13:10

    Thank you both for this incredible journey through history. To our viewers, remember, the 60s were just a decade. They were a transformation. Good night.