Tag Archives: Chicano

New York City school boycott

Posted on February 3, 2020 by

“The New York City school boycott, known as Freedom Day, was a mass boycott and demonstration on February 3, 1964 to protest segregation in the New York City public school system. Students and teachers stayed out of public schools to … Continue reading →

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Uncovering the Truth About a Raid on the Black Panthers

Posted on January 11, 2020 by

“The call came in the early morning hours of December 4, 1969. ‘Come to the crib’ was the command. ‘The police have murdered Chairman Fred.’ I was a second-year law student at Northwestern Law School, working with a group of … Continue reading →

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Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers – Tom Wolfe (1970)

Posted on January 5, 2020 by

“Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers is a 1970 book by Tom Wolfe. The book, Wolfe’s fourth, is composed of two articles by Wolfe, ‘These Radical Chic Evenings’, first published in June 1970 in New York magazine, about a … Continue reading →

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Feminism in Latin America

Posted on January 4, 2020 by

Chilean women protest Pinochet “Feminism in Latin America is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and achieving equal political, economic, cultural, personal, and social rights for Latin American women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women … Continue reading →

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Newsreel, Third World Newsreel and California Newsreel

Posted on December 28, 2019 by

TWN: El Pueblo se Levanta (Newsreel #63) The People Are Rising “Newsreel was a production and distribution company founded in 1967 in response to the political turmoil that surrounded the Vietnam war and the Civil Rights movement. Its mission was … Continue reading →

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Garbage Fires for Freedom: When Puerto Rican Activists Took Over New York’s Streets

Posted on October 18, 2019 by

During the Puerto Rican Day Parade, members of the Young Lords burned Mayor John Lindsay in effigy as they passed the reviewing stand at Fifth Avenue and 69th Street, according to the photographer’s notes. June 7, 1970. “Hiram Maristany laughs … Continue reading →

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Chicano Movement

Posted on October 11, 2019 by

Antiwar march October 31, 1970, Seattle, two months after the death of Reuben Salazar in the Los Angeles Chicano Moratorium protest “The Chicano Movement of the 1960s, also called the Chicano civil rights movement or El Movimiento, was a civil … Continue reading →

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