School Walkouts

Chicano Feminist during the East L.A walkout

• Dolores Delgado Bernal once said "their participation was vital to the Blowouts, yet because of a traditional leadership paradigm does not acknowledge the importance of those who participate in organizing, developing consciousness, and networking, their leadership remains unrecognized and unappreciated by most historians”
• This shows that women played a very important part in the walkouts but historians still don't appreciate it to tell the story.

The school walkouts in East L.A were something so powerful that impacted society. Many students from local school decided to protest that all Mexican-Americans should be treated equally in education. This image shows that students decided to take matters into their own hands and try to prove a point to the school districts. All they wanted were better school conditions and be allowed to be treated equally in school. This was a powerful movement in the Chicano Movement.

4/26/12

Hey guys go to this link! It gives a great documentary of the East LA walkout and it is very informative. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7l0TMBp-Ys

(The following photos are taken from the East L.A walkout)

(The following photos are from the Tucson, AZ walkout)

CRYSTAL CITY, TEXAS WALKOUTS

All of the pictures below were taken during the Chicano Movement in Crystal City, Texas. It all started when Mexican American students were not allowed to fill more than one position in their cheerleading squad. 

This is the Mexican American Youth Organization.

On December 9, 1969 more than two thousand students

 walked out of school and started to protest.

Crystal City's picket line. High school students, younger siblings from middle
school and even elementary schools started to join the protest. 

CHICANO MORATORIUM 

The Chicano Moratorium took place in Logan Park, East LA. People were protesting against the war itself and the casualties Mexican Americans were suffering during the Vietnam War. 

The National Chicano Moratorium Committee.

Almost 30,000 people participated in this protest. 

More than 22% of the casualties were suffered by
Mexican Americans making up only 5% of the population. 

L.A. police thought that there was alcohol present on the park
grounds and started asking people to leave.
When they didn't, police started using violence and
tear gas to make them leave.

On that day Ruben Salazar, a very important Chicano activist/journalist lost his life. He was present during the chaos and looked for shelter at a local bar. A police officer shot tear gas inside the building he was in and the can hit his head killing him instantly. The officer claimed that he yelled for everyone to get out before he fired the tear gas but other sources say otherwise.

R.I.P Ruben Salazar.