Born from decades of discrimination, the Chicano Movement sought to reclaim cultural identity and demand fair treatment in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scene where Los Angeles Times journalist Ruben Salazar was killed in Los Angeles, California in 1970. (Raul Ruiz / Library of ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- A new exhibit now open at the Oakland Museum celebrates the Chicano movement. It was a push for fair treatment, equal opportunity, civil rights and cultural appreciation of ...

A collective of artists and activists that started at Sacramento State in the late ‘60s pushed for farmworkers’ rights, shaped Chicano identity, and paved the way for public art support in Sacramento.

Bertha Rendon Ortiz, born and raised in East Austin and still here after 47 years, is proud to be the daughter and granddaughter of farmworkers and labor organizers. Her father was an Austin Brown ...

Introduction -- The leaking caste system -- Barrios at war -- Organizing unity -- A congressman reacts -- Kill the gringos! -- The Berets rise up -- Women creating space -- Batos claiming legitimacy - ...

Cinco de Mayo isn’t a really popular holiday in Mexico, believe it or not. But since the 1960s, it’s become widely celebrated in the United States due to a civil rights movement called the Chicano ...

It was 54 years ago, on Aug. 29, 1970, when we marched for justice at the Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles. It was 122 years after the end of the U.S.- Mexico War, and an estimated 40,000 Chicano/as ...

Recent sexual abuse allegations against Chávez have forced J.D. “Zender” Estrada to reflect on his many murals.

Royal Chicano Air Force Art and Activism, 1970–1990” at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento features 95 works on paper produced by the group between 1970 and 1990.