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1960s - 1970s social movements. Latino Civil Rights Movement. 1960s Latino population 3 mil – 9 mil Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta United Farm Workers Strikes, boycotts, fasting, nonviolence. “Brown Power”. Bilingual Education (reduce high school dropout rate)
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Latino Civil Rights Movement • 1960s Latino population 3 mil – 9 mil • Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta • United Farm Workers • Strikes, boycotts, fasting, nonviolence
“Brown Power” • Bilingual Education (reduce high school dropout rate) • Brown Berets lead school walkouts • Cultural Pride, Chicano Studies • LULAC • La Raza Unida • MAPA
American Indian Movement • More militant strategies • Trail of Broken Treaties March • Occupied BIA building, destroyed records • Hostage standoff at Wounded Knee
Women’s Rights & New Feminism • Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique • NOW • Gloria Steinem & Ms. magazine
Equal Rights Amendment • “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” • Proposed by Congress 1972 • Need 38 states to ratify • Only 35 did by 7 year deadline • Backlash by “New Right”
Roe v. Wade • NOW and other groups worked for women’s right to have an abortion • 1973 Supreme Court ruled that right to privacy protects right to choose abortion in first trimester • The country is divided on the issue: today about 50% say pro-choice, 45% say pro-life