Chicano movement

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Mexican American movement civil rights movement social movement

The Chicano movement was a Mexican American civil rights and cultural empowerment movement that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, advocating for social justice, labor rights, and ethnic pride in the United States.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chicano Movement	3
Chicano Moratorium	1
Chicano cultural renaissance	1
Chicano student movement	1
Latino civil rights movement	1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mexican American movement ⓘ civil rights movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ
aims	civil rights for Mexican Americans ⓘ cultural empowerment ⓘ educational reform ⓘ ethnic pride ⓘ labor rights ⓘ political representation ⓘ social justice ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	El Movimiento ⓘ
associatedWith	Brown Berets ⓘ Corky Gonzales ⓘ César Chávez ⓘ Dolores Huerta ⓘ José Ángel Gutiérrez ⓘ La Raza Unida Party ⓘ MEChA ⓘ Reies López Tijerina ⓘ Rodolfo Gonzales ⓘ United Farm Workers ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	civil rights ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ education ⓘ ethnic politics ⓘ labor movement ⓘ
hasCause	cultural assimilation pressures ⓘ educational inequality ⓘ labor exploitation of farmworkers ⓘ political disenfranchisement of Mexican Americans ⓘ racial discrimination against Mexican Americans ⓘ
hasEthnicFocus	Mexican Americans ⓘ surface form: Chicanos Mexican Americans ⓘ
hasPart	Chicano movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chicano cultural renaissance United Farm Workers ⓘ surface form: Chicano farmworker movement Chicano political organizing ⓘ Chicano movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chicano student movement
ideology	Chicanismo ⓘ anti-racism ⓘ ethnic nationalism ⓘ
influenced	Chicano art ⓘ Chicano literature ⓘ Chicano studies programs ⓘ Chicano theater ⓘ Latino civil rights activism in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: African-American Civil Rights Movement Mexican Revolution ⓘ farmworker struggles ⓘ
keyEvent	1968 East Los Angeles walkouts ⓘ Chicano movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chicano Moratorium Delano grape strike ⓘ formation of La Raza Unida Party ⓘ founding of MEChA ⓘ
opposed	U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ⓘ discriminatory immigration policies ⓘ police brutality ⓘ segregation in schools ⓘ
peakPeriod	early 1970s ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ
region	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Colorado ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ surface form: Southwestern United States Texas ⓘ
resultedIn	creation of Chicano studies departments ⓘ greater public recognition of Chicano culture ⓘ improvements in farmworker labor conditions ⓘ increased Mexican American political representation ⓘ
slogan	¡Sí se puede! ⓘ
startTime	1960s ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
usedTactic	boycotts ⓘ community organizing ⓘ cultural production ⓘ electoral politics ⓘ marches ⓘ strikes ⓘ student walkouts ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mexican Americans → hasHistoricalMovement → Chicano movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chicano Movement

Chicano movement → hasPart → Chicano movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chicano student movement

Chicano movement → hasPart → Chicano movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chicano cultural renaissance

Asian American movement → influencedBy → Chicano movement ⓘ

Chicano movement → keyEvent → Chicano movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chicano Moratorium

Cinco de Mayo → linkedTo → Chicano movement ⓘ

César Chávez → movement → Chicano movement ⓘ

Delano grape strike → movement → Chicano movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chicano Movement

Helen Fabela Chávez → movement → Chicano movement ⓘ

United Farm Workers → movement → Chicano movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chicano Movement

United Farm Workers → movement → Chicano movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latino civil rights movement

Mexican diaspora → relatedTo → Chicano movement ⓘ