CHICANO 188 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Chicano Movement, Mecha
22 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Pablo Murillo
Charles Young refused to meet with the students for 3 years; just ignored
them
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Could have been avoided had he met with the students
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Students that refused to leave the Faculty Center were dragged out without
consent
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Many people met outside Royce in response to the arrests, demanding
they be released
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Flyers were key in communication/spreading information during the
strikes
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Mothers of East Los Angeles asked the Democratic party to endorse the
Chicana/o studies department
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Justice for Janitors from Century City came to support the students
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Students trying to get into the Faculty Center were met by police
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Budget cuts would eventually close down the library
This space was very important to the students on campus
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Movement has been ongoing since the late 1960's, the Chicano movement
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Started to organize and decided that they needed media attention
Began to organize (Friends of the Library) and tell everyone
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There was a lot of discussion saying that it was a MEChA UCLA
effort and that they were too involved in making efforts in the
Chicano studies department
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Needed a frame that would bring people together from different factions
By framing "Friends of the Library"
Collective definition of interest
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Sit-in as a strategy
Thought they needed public support and take it outside the
university
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A demonstration would generate media interest to garner support
from the outside
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Wanted to portray a nonviolent, reasonable position
Did not expect the reaction they got
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Walked, arms linked, to the Faculty Center
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Had a sense of responsibility to the community, that empowered them
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The breaking of the window, vandalism, was not expected but they knew
they wanted to do a sit in
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They were no longer talking to them, they were demanding - but
chancellor wouldn't meet them
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They immediately reacted with the police
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Many students didn't actually think they were going to be arrested at the
time
Threatened that they were going to be expelled and their future
would end
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Inspired to fight for the chicano department/studies
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Guest Lecture: Richard Morales
May 11th, 1993 - his relationship to the protest
May 25th, 1993
14 day hunger strike started
5 UCLA students, 1 high schoolers, 2 community members, and 1
professor
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Nuestros Esfuerzos
Only documentary on the 1993 activism
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Week$6
Tuesday,) May) 8,)2018
3:58)PM
Document Summary
Charles young refused to meet with the students for 3 years; just ignored them. Could have been avoided had he met with the students. Students that refused to leave the faculty center were dragged out without consent. Many people met outside royce in response to the arrests, demanding they be released. Flyers were key in communication/spreading information during the strikes. Mothers of east los angeles asked the democratic party to endorse the. Justice for janitors from century city came to support the students. Students trying to get into the faculty center were met by police. Budget cuts would eventually close down the library. This space was very important to the students on campus. Movement has been ongoing since the late 1960"s, the chicano movement. Started to organize and decided that they needed media attention. Began to organize (friends of the library) and tell everyone.
