CHICANO 10A Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Filipino Americans, Homestead Acts, Opiate
22 Jan 2018
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Socioeconomic and political statistics for mexican americans in 1960 were abysmal. The median income of a mexican american family was 62% of the general population. 1/3 of mexican american families lived below the federal poverty line. 4/5 were concentrated in unskilled or semiskilled jobs; 1/3 employed of this number employed in agriculture. 75% of students dropped out before high school graduation. In1968, there was only 1 mexican american in the senate and 3 in the house of. No mexican americans served in the ca state legislature. Developed as a response to this socioeconomic and political inequality. Cesar e. chavez: the farmworker"s movement of the 1960"s and 70"s. Ucla department of chicanx studies named after chavez. Preeminent leader, voice, and public face of chicanx civil rights. Dr. martin luther king, jr. was to the african. Family farm in yuma valley acquired as part of homestead act in early 1900"s. Moderately successful immigrant family; loss of family farm during great.
