East L.A. Walkouts

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Chicano movement event student protest movement

The East L.A. Walkouts were a series of 1968 student-led protests by Mexican American high schoolers in East Los Angeles demanding educational equality and reforms, which became a landmark event in the Chicano civil rights movement.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chicano movement event ⓘ student protest movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	1968 East L.A. student walkouts NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicano Blowouts NERFINISHED ⓘ East Los Angeles Walkouts NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	educational inequality ⓘ high dropout rates for Mexican American students ⓘ lack of bilingual and bicultural education ⓘ racial discrimination in Los Angeles schools ⓘ tracking of Mexican American students into vocational programs ⓘ underfunded East L.A. schools ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demand	Mexican American history courses ⓘ bilingual education ⓘ college preparatory counseling for Mexican American students ⓘ curriculum reform ⓘ educational equality ⓘ end to corporal punishment for speaking Spanish ⓘ improved school facilities ⓘ more Mexican American teachers and administrators ⓘ smaller class sizes ⓘ
followedBy	increased Chicano activism in the late 1960s ⓘ
hasPart	walkout at Belmont High School ⓘ walkout at Garfield High School NERFINISHED ⓘ walkout at Lincoln High School NERFINISHED ⓘ walkout at Roosevelt High School ⓘ walkout at Wilson High School ⓘ
hasRepresentationIn	film "Walkout" (2006) NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspired	subsequent Chicano student walkouts in the Southwest ⓘ
location	East Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	Chicano Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Los Angeles Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles school authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizer	Chicano student leaders ⓘ Sal Castro NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant	BLOWOUT student organization NERFINISHED ⓘ Brown Berets NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicano student activists ⓘ Mexican American high school students ⓘ United Mexican American Students (UMAS) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Chicano civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
pointInTime	1968 ⓘ
significantFor	expansion of Chicano Studies programs ⓘ mobilization of Chicano youth ⓘ reform of Los Angeles Unified School District policies ⓘ
socialIssue	Mexican American civil rights ⓘ educational justice ⓘ
startTime	1968-03 ⓘ

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