La Raza Unida Party

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La Raza Unida Party was a Mexican American political party that emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s to advance Chicano civil rights, community control, and Latino political representation in the United States.

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La Raza Unida Party canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chicano political organization
Mexican American organization
political party
activePeriod 1970s
late 1960s
advocatedFor greater representation in city councils
greater representation in county governments
local control of schools
country United States of America
surface form: United States
ethnicFocus Chicano
surface form: Chicanos

Mexican Americans
focusArea anti-discrimination policies
bilingual education
education reform
local government representation
voting rights
founded early 1970s
goal build independent Chicano political power
challenge Democratic and Republican dominance in Mexican American areas
historicalEra post–Civil Rights era
ideology Chicano nationalism
Latino empowerment
civil rights activism
movementContext Chicano movement
surface form: Chicano Movement

Chicano movement
surface form: Mexican American civil rights movement
nameLanguage Spanish
nameMeaning The United People Party
notableBase southwestern United States
surface form: Southwest United States

Texas
opposedTo political underrepresentation of Latinos
racial discrimination
organizationalType third party
politicalActivity ran candidates in local elections
ran candidates in national elections
ran candidates in state elections
politicalPosition left-wing
progressive
purpose advance Chicano civil rights
increase Latino political representation
promote community control
regionOfOrigin South Texas
socialBase Mexican American communities
targetConstituency Latino voters
working-class Mexican Americans

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Chicano movement associatedWith La Raza Unida Party
José Ángel Gutiérrez coFounded La Raza Unida Party
José Ángel Gutiérrez politicalParty La Raza Unida Party