Chicana Art

The impact of the Chicano Movement on Chicana Art

The Chicano Movement was one of the significant Civil Rights movements of the 20th century  (beginning in the early 1960s and growing until the mid-1970s). The movement advocated for education, housing, healthcare, and employment in such states as California, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona–as well as other areas of the U.S.

The movement had a number of leaders; the best known leaders of the movement were “Corky” Gonzales, Reyes Tijerina, Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez.

Images from the Chicano Movement

Cesar Chavez with demonstrators
César Chávez visits César Chávez school in 1974, a year after school opened. He was there to show his support for the new school that was named in his honor.

– the links below provide a deeper look into the Chicano Movement –

La Marcha por la Justicia, a 1971 rally in Los Angeles’ Belvedere Park. Courtesy Luis C. Garza/UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

United Farm Worker, c. 1970. Photo by Patricia López-Boron

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