Latinx /Chicano Movement

Chicano/Latinx Civil Rights Movement

The Chicano Civil Rights Movement, which gained momentum in the 1960s and 1970s, focused on the empowerment of Mexican Americans and other Latinx communities in the United States. Inspired by the broader Civil Rights Movement, the Chicano movement fought for equal rights in education, labor, political representation, and cultural recognition. Key figures like César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and Reies López Tijerina led efforts such as the United Farm Workers’ grape boycott and the Chicano student walkouts in East Los Angeles. The movement also pushed for the recognition of Chicano identity, the restoration of land grants, and political independence. The Chicano movement’s legacy continues to inspire activism around immigration, education, and Latinx rights.

Primary Sources for El Movimiento | Chicano and Latino History Project: Contain primary sources related to El Movimiento.

Chicano/a Movement in Washington State | Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project : Links lead to oral histories, several photographic collections, rare documents, important essays, and an archive of digitized newspaper articles, nearly 300 in number. 

Chicano por Mi Raza : Collective that digitizes historical documents and conducts oral histories from notable Chicanas, Latinas and allies.

Chicano Newspapers & Periodicals 1966-1979 | University of Washington

A Latinx Resource Guide: Civil Rights Cases and Events in the U.S. | The Library of Congress

Latino Civil Rights Timeline, 1903-2006 | Learning for Justice

1947 Mendez v. Westminste | U.S. Courts : In his decision Judge McCormick wrote: "'[t]he equal protection of the laws pertaining to the public school system in California is not provided by furnishing in separate schools the same technical facilities, textbooks and courses of instruction to children of Mexican ancestry that are available to the other public school children regardless of their ancestry. A paramount requisite in the American system of public education is social equality. It must be open to all children by unified school association regardless of lineage."

United Farm Workers History and Research : Images, audio/video, timelines, narratives and more about the UFW and Cesar Chavez.