Curated OER
National Park Service: The Chicano Movement
Site provides information on the major concepts that fueled the Chicano Movement: focus on politics, economic change, education reform, challenging the Catholic Church, cultural renaissance, and Chicano expression.
Other
United Farm Workers: The Rise of the Ufw
History of the United Farm Workers union, with information about 1960 conditions and the efforts to improve them.
PBS
Pbs: American g.i. Forum: Hector P. Garcia
Part of the website associated with the PBS series called "The Border." This article discusses the role of Hector Garcia in the Hispanic civil rights movement after World War II.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Cesar Chavez
Learn about this leader who helped bring many important changes for farm workers in the U.S. Following the peaceful examples of King and Ghandi, Cesar Chavez helped much needed improvements take place.
Other
La Voz De Aztlan: Chronology of Hector P. Garcia's Life
A chronology of the life of Hector Garcia, founder of the American G.I. Forum, and Latino civil rights activist.