Community Service Organization

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Community Service Organization was a prominent mid-20th-century Latino civil rights and voter registration group in California that helped lay the groundwork for later farmworker and Chicano activism.

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Label Occurrences
Community Service Organization canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latino civil rights organization ⓘ
civil rights organization ⓘ
activity advocating for civil rights legislation ⓘ
organizing voter registration drives ⓘ
training local community leaders ⓘ
areaServed California urban barrios ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
ethnicFocus Latino communities ⓘ
Mexican American communities ⓘ
goal combat discrimination against Mexican Americans ⓘ
improve social and economic conditions for Latino communities ⓘ
increase political participation of Latinos ⓘ
historicalSignificance influential in early Chicano political mobilization ⓘ
precursor to later farmworker organizing in California ⓘ
location California ⓘ
mainActivity civic education ⓘ
civil rights advocacy ⓘ
community organizing ⓘ
voter registration ⓘ
movement Chicano movement ⓘ
Latino civil rights movement ⓘ
farmworker rights movement ⓘ
notableFor developing Latino community leadership ⓘ
laying groundwork for Chicano activism ⓘ
laying groundwork for farmworker activism ⓘ
promoting Latino voter registration in California ⓘ
stateFocus California ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ

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Dolores Huerta → workedAt → Community Service Organization ⓘ