History of the United States II / Unit 14 USH2 1998 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Chicano Movement
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The idea
In Denver in nineteen sixty-five Rodolfo Corky Gonzales founded the Crusade for Justice, offering Mexican Americans jobs, legal services and health care.
In practice
Reies López Tijerina fighting to reclaim lost ancestral lands in New Mexico.
Where people slip
Digital History records hundreds of Mexican Americans in Crystal City, Texas, voting on Election Day nineteen sixty-three, most of them for the first time.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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