1968 East Los Angeles walkouts

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The 1968 East Los Angeles walkouts were a series of student-led protests by Mexican American high schoolers demanding educational equality and an end to discriminatory practices in Los Angeles schools.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chicano civil rights protest ⓘ
education rights protest ⓘ
student protest movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chicano Blowouts ⓘ
East L.A. walkouts ⓘ
linked to: East L.A. Walkouts

East Los Angeles Blowouts ⓘ
linked to: East Los Angeles
cause discriminatory practices against Mexican American students ⓘ
educational inequality in Los Angeles public schools ⓘ
high dropout rates among Mexican American students ⓘ
lack of bilingual and bicultural education ⓘ
tracking of Mexican American students into vocational programs ⓘ
underfunding of schools in East Los Angeles ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demand bilingual and bicultural education programs ⓘ
college preparatory counseling for Mexican American students ⓘ
curriculum including Mexican American history and culture ⓘ
end to corporal punishment and discrimination by teachers and administrators ⓘ
improved school facilities ⓘ
more Mexican American teachers and administrators ⓘ
smaller class sizes ⓘ
hasTheme Mexican American identity and empowerment ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
educational justice ⓘ
inspired later student walkouts for immigrant and Latino rights in the United States ⓘ
keyPerson Carlos Muñoz Jr. ⓘ
Mita Cuaron ⓘ
Moctesuma Esparza ⓘ
Paula Crisostomo ⓘ
Sal Castro ⓘ
Vickie Castro ⓘ
location East Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: East Los Angeles
mainParticipants Chicano students ⓘ
Mexican American high school students ⓘ
students from Belmont High School ⓘ
students from Garfield High School ⓘ
students from Lincoln High School ⓘ
students from Roosevelt High School ⓘ
students from Wilson High School ⓘ
numberOfParticipants thousands of students ⓘ
opponent Los Angeles Board of Education ⓘ
Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ
organizer Brown Berets ⓘ
Chicano student activists ⓘ
United Mexican American Students (UMAS) ⓘ
linked to: MEChA
partOf Chicano Movement ⓘ
linked to: Chicano movement
result arrests of student leaders and activists ⓘ
negotiations between student leaders and school officials ⓘ
some reforms in Los Angeles school policies ⓘ
significance catalyst for Chicano educational reform ⓘ
increased public awareness of discrimination in Los Angeles schools ⓘ
major event in the Chicano Movement ⓘ
startDate 1968-03 ⓘ

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Chicano movement → keyEvent → 1968 East Los Angeles walkouts ⓘ
East L.A. Walkouts → alsoKnownAs → 1968 East L.A. student walkouts ⓘ
linked to: 1968 East Los Angeles walkouts
Chicano Blowouts → alsoKnownAs → 1968 East Los Angeles student walkouts ⓘ
linked to: 1968 East Los Angeles walkouts
Sal Castro → participatedIn → 1968 East Los Angeles school walkouts ⓘ
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Mita Cuaron → participatedIn → 1968 East Los Angeles student walkouts ⓘ
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Walkout → basedOn → 1968 East Los Angeles high school student walkouts ⓘ
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Walkout → depicts → East Los Angeles Walkouts ⓘ
linked to: 1968 East Los Angeles walkouts