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Brown Berets

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Brown Berets

They are a group of "Chicanos" that fight for being against police brutality and advocate educational equality. The Brown Berets were one of the most prominent Chicano group during the civil right era of the 1960s and 70s. They were very similar to the Black Panther movement on how they took a more action oriented approach to the rights of Mexican Americans. The best symbol was part of their name which is their iconic brown berets that they wore to rallies and protests and on march's through towns. To this day they continue to fight for the liberation of Aztlan. to top

 

The History 

The history of the Brown Berets begins with the founder Don Williams and Carlos Montes and has originated in Los Angeles, California. In their history they celebrated the first Cinco deMayo in San Diego city schools at Mar Vista High School. In 1968 they start opening chapters in other states like New Mexico, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Colorado and become a national movement.  To understand why they did all this by founding this organization and spreading across the country you need to know what was happening the Mexican Americans in the 60s and 70s. In the 60s and 70s most immigrants like and other races than white were treated with disrespect and thought of less than others , and the Brown Berets founders Williams and Montes wanted to bring awareness to the plight of the Mexican Americans. By September of 1968, the Brown Berets became a national organization having opened chapters California, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico,Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, and Indiana. They did bring awareness to the Mexican Americans but didn't make any signeffcence changes to govermental law. to top

 

 

 

 

The Brown Berets Today

 

Now and days the Brown Berets have died off a little but they still have chapters in  Boise, Watsonville, Fresno, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City. They still hold true to their belief for fight for Chicano rights'. They have shifted from police brutality to more immigration reform. They are now fighting the deportation of Chicano back to Mexico and much of what they do is only found on their sites or other possibly biased sites like fight back news. They still do the Marches around certain towns and citys but for the most part they have lost power but they are starting to gain members from the youth again just like when they firsted started. They have become more of a peaceful organization and now just lead protests and organize events to help spread the Chicano message of equality for them and everybody around because they don't got no violence any more.

 

 

The Movement

One movement of the brown berets was to change school conditions for Mexican Americans. On March 1, 1968, the Brown Berets planned and participated in the East LA walkouts or "blowouts" the largest and lengthiest in the history of California, in which thousands of students left their classrooms to join the protest for quality education. Even today the Watsonville chapter is still doing the movement with the May 27, 2005 Youth and Power event over 400 people were in attendence to the event. to top

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