Latinx Rights in 1960s California
Resources
2Duration
Three or more 50-min class periodsSubject
- History
- Social Studies
Grade
9–12Language
English — USPublished
Overview
About This Mini-Unit
In the 1960s, historically marginalized groups across the United States organized to claim the rights they had long been denied. The lessons below help educators and students explore two pivotal moments in the Latinx rights movement in California: the East LA school walkouts in 1968 and the Delano grape workers’ strike that began in 1965.
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