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| are the hierarchical arrangements of people in society as economic or cultural groups. |
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| Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund established in 1968. One of the most important organizations to win legal victories for Mexican Americans in lawsuits for civil rights, women’s rights, educational issues, and voting rights. With the help of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), MALDEF got a $2.2 million grant from the Ford Foundation.[2] This proved both helpful and harmful. The grant provided scholarships for more Mexican-American lawyers. |
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| Mexican-American Youth Organization establish 1967 to fight for civil rights. Five young men were concerned with the continuity and advancement of La Raza. MAYO became a key part of the Chicano movement in the South and played an essential role in bringing about civil rights for Mexican-Americans. |
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| Bilingual education 1998. It effectively ended bilingual education programs in the state (with some exceptions) and replaced them with the structured English-immersion model.[1] The bill's intention was to educate Limited English Proficiency students in a rapid, one-year program. |
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| of 1968 was the first piece of United States federal legislation regarding minority language speakers. Its purpose was to provide school districts with federal funds to establish educational programs for students with limited English speaking ability. The act encouraged instruction in English and multicultural awareness in the wake of the Civil Rights movement although it did not require bilingual programs. The act also gave school districts the opportunity to provide bilingual education programs without violating segregation laws. |
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| It was established in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1948 to address the concerns of Mexican-American veterans, who were segregated from other veterans groups. Initially formed to request services for World War II veterans of Mexican descent who were denied medical services by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the AGIF soon spread into non-veteran's issues such as voting rights, jury selection, and educational desegregation, advocating for the civil rights of all Mexican Americans. Today, the AGIF advocates on behalf of all Hispanic veterans. |
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| The all-Anglo Lemon Grove school board decided to build a separate school for children of Mexican heritage without giving notice to their parents.[1] On January 5, 1931, Lemon Grove Grammar School principal, acting under instructions from school trustees, turned away Mexican children at the schoolhouse door, directing them to the new school, which came to be known within the local Mexican American community as la caballeriza, meaning "the stable". However, the parents had instructed their children to return home if this were to happen, and the children obeyed. The parents refused to send their children to the new school, and since they were not allowed back at the main schoolhouse, this resulted in a boycott. |
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| Prop 209/ Affirmative Action |
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| : affirmative action refers to policies that take race, ethnicity,[ physical disabilities, military career, or sex into consideration in an attempt to promote equal opportunity or increase ethnic or other forms of diversityis a California ballot proposition which, upon approval in November 1996, amended the state constitution to prohibit public institutions from considering race, sex, or ethnicity. It had been supported and funded by the California Civil Rights Initiative Campaign. |
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