Latino+Civil+Rights+Movement

** Topics on the Page **

 * Mendez v. Westminister **
 * Latinos and Civil Rights History **
 * **Dramatic Event page on Mexican Immigration**
 * Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta **
 * ** Movement to Create a Cesar Chavez National Holiday **
 * Delano Grape Strike and Boycott, 1965-1970 **


 * Invisible No More: The Latino Struggle for Civil Rights, National Education Association**



[[image:Screen Shot 2017-03-19 at 11.31.41 AM.png]]Mendez v. Westminster (1946)
In third grade, Sylvia Mendez was denied admission to a White-only elementary school in Los Angeles.

Her family brought suit and the eventual **Mendez v. Westminster** court decisions desegregated schools in California, years before the Brown v. Board of Education case.

[|NPR Audio about Mendez v. Westminster]

Background: Mendez v. Westminster Re-Enactment

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation. Duncan Tonatinuh, Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014
 * A picture book history of the famous Mendez v. Westminster case

Latinos and Civil Rights

 * Invisible No More: The Latino Struggle for Civil Rights
 * Latino Americans: Timeline of Important Events from PBS

Hispanics: The Forgotten Class in Civil Rights History from LBJ Presidential Library

In 1938, 12,000 pecan shellers (mostly Mexican- American women) in San Antonio Texas started a three-month strike to protest horrible working conditions and low wages. The strike was led by Emma Tenayuca. 1938 Pecan Shellers Strike [|Link to article and photos] [|Link to video about Emma Tenayuca] who lead the Pecan Shellers Strike [|Article about Emma Tenayuca with pictures] [|Link to Document Based Question about the Pecan Sheller Strike (includes many primary source documents, photos and interview excerpts)]

[[image:Screen Shot 2017-02-23 at 4.39.15 PM.png]]Cesar Chavez and the Cesar Chavez National Holiday
An American Hero: Biography of Cesar E. Chavez, California Department of Education


 * Go here to learn about the movement to Create a Cesar E. Chavez National Holiday**
 * It is a state holiday in California
 * Optional holiday in Colorado and Texas
 * Celebrations in Arizona, Michigan, Nebraska and New Mexico


 * [[image:primary_sources.PNG link="@http://www.cesarchavezholiday.org"]]Senator Barack Obams's Statement for a Cesar Chavez National Holiday** (March 2008)



Dolores Huerta
Biography from the National Women's History Museum



Delano Grape Strike and Boycott, 1965-1970
The Grape Strike and Boycott, from United Farm Workers

Legacy of the Delano Grape Strike, 50 Years Later, San Francisco Chronicle (September 16, 2015)

Against All Odds: Cesar Chavez & the Delano Grape Strike, Cesar Chavez Foundation

Delano Grap Strike and Boycott, 1965 from Records of Rights, National Archives