Mexican American Civil Rights Case Study

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The cold war was in 1946 through 1991; which was the struggle of ideas of the United States and Soviet Union to stop the spread of communism. Although the cold war was going on, there was domestic problems in the United States. During the 1960s the increase of civil rights and liberties was more powerful for all minority’s groups. However, for the purpose of the assignment I will only be talk about the Mexican American civil right movement of students in California. Although the Hernandez vs. Texas in 1954 was supposed to help not only blacks but also minority to have equal protection, it really did not happen quickly. In the 1960 the “separate but equal”, racism, and segregation was still visible in schools (“Chicano-Taking Back the Schools,

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