PP&D 177- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 23 pages long!)
12 Oct 2017
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Aztlan - legendary land of the aztecs, southern us. Salt of the earth film: it"s importance in the chicano movement. Captured the drama of the strike and underscored the issues of gender roles in the family. 1950 miners" strike in silver city, new mexico. Miners were prohibited from picketing, so their wives took over the picket lines and succeeded in keeping the strike alive. Signed after the defeat of mexico by the us in 1848. Granted mexicans remaining in the newly acquired us territories certain rights pertaining to poverty, religion, culture, and education. Economic justice for poor people in the us. Organized by mlk jr. and southern christian leadership conference (sclc) The campaign demanded economic and human rights for poor americans of diverse backgrounds. After presenting an organized set of demands to congress and executive agencies, participants set up a 3,000-person protest camp on the. Washington mall, where they stayed for six weeks in the spring of 1968.
