GOV 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Aztlán, Radical Change, Chicano Movement
Document Summary
Lessons and legacies of african american civil rights organizing. Success depended upon active support of african american community. Most successful social movement in us history. Federal government institutions came to support the objectives of movement. Labor-led demands for equal protection regardless of citizenship. Demands for equal citizenship following african american victories. New generation of leaders demands more radical change. Created national latino civic institutions and the foundation for contemporary latino politics. Youth movements of the late 1960s and 1970s. Balancing achieve many and civil rights demands. Asian american civil rights struggle primarily in california. Significance of civil rights organizing to contemporary ethnic politics. African american civil rights movement united blacks; other groups more divided. Right to compete for national political and economic opportunities as equals. Separate ethnic/racial population from american institutions to create group-based institutions. In some cases, separate from u. s. - separatism . Devotion to the interests or culture of one"s nation.
