Prior to 1968, Latino people all over the country were being discriminated and mistreated. Students were given horrible education, and the schools’ dropout rates were among the highest in the country, some at well over 50 percent. Many were aware of this, but one man took action that would change Latino history forever. This man was Sal Castro, and his actions during the LA Walkouts made him deserving of the La Raza award because he took huge risks for what he knew was right and he set a great example for other justice-fighting leaders. The first reason why Sal Castro should win the award is because he took huge risks for the advancement of the Latino community. When addressing the unfair conditions at Latino schools, he said, …show more content…
Many of his students, who went on to become very successful people, continue to fight for better Latino rights today. These include; Paula Crisostomo, who became a school administrator, where she continues to fight for reform, Vicky Castro, who was elected to the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, and Carlos Muñoz Jr., who went on to a distinguished teaching and research career at the University of California, Berkeley. Sal Castro’s courage and leadership to the students in the Walkouts provided a spark for other Latino leaders to come, including his very own students. Sal Castro should be given much of the credit for their work as leaders because he is the one that educated them about their unfair treatment. He let them know about how they were not included in the history books, even though they risked their lives in the war too. He taught them the important qualities of nonviolence and patience which they would not have learned without him. Another example of Sal Castro’s lasting influence is his ability to educate kids for the future. After he retired from being a teacher, Sal Castro went around to schools and communities to speak and educate students about the disadvantages of people of color. When he was speaking in 2012, Sal said, “Many of these problems still remain, …show more content…
The amount of danger that he went through for equal treatment and the way that he acted as a role model for later leaders was unbelievable. For generations to come, the Latino race will continue to advance and a rapid pace thanks to the bravery and leadership of Sal Castro. Eventually, all races of minority, not just Latinos, will be given equal opportunities to succeed in school and life, and the wishes that Sal Castro once had will come
(A) Make a list of the evidence that suggests that Oswald was preparing to kill President Kennedy.
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In closing, Francisco faced many hardships throughout his life. He had to adapt to his life here in the United States, deal with being a male in his family, as well as face discrimination. Through all the hard times, family and getting a good education were always his top priorities. With the help of his teachers and counselors, he was able to succeed in school, unlike the majority of the students. Francisco is a true hero in the eyes of many Hispanic immigrants who come to the United States and strive to be the best they can be.
In conclusion, in my opinion, Romero was and still is a great example for many of us even though you might not be from El Salvador. He is part of many of those who fought for our human rights and that are still a big example to look at. Until todays date we need to be very grateful of these amazing hero actions, which helped the needed people not mattering what or what will happen with his life. The best way to give back all that effort from this hero is by being better people every day and that the discrimination and the injustice can be concluding very soon.
It is crucial to have an awareness of the early beginnings of his life in order to understand Cesar Chavez’s development into becoming the celebrated leader he is known as today. One of the noteworthy aspects of his life is that he was not what some would consider a “natural-born” leader, meaning that he was not born into a family of great wealth or power. Chavez was born on March 31, 1927 near the town of Yuma, Arizona to a humble, hardworking Mexican immigrant family. His grandfather, Cesario Chavez, for whom he was named after, had worked hard to save enough money to be able to buy land in Arizona and raise his thirteen children, which included Cesar’s father. His father, Librado Chavez, grew up, got married, and opened up a couple of small businesses to help provide for his family and build a better life for his own children. According to biographical accounts about Cesar, this is when and where he began to learn and...
Cesar Chavez was able to win the Civil Rights Battle by being dedicated and committed to his goal, having confidence that his strategic plans would work, and by influencing important and famous people to give him their support. Through his boycotts, marches, and strikes Cesar Chavez achieved what he wanted for the people, which was better working conditions, better pay, and better treatment of workers. Cesar Chavez is now recognized as the Martin Luther King Jr. of the migrant farm workers, and of the Mexican People.
Through the years, individuals have shown that a single man can make a difference. Men who, when committed to a cause, will rise up with honor, integrity, and courage. Cesar Chavez was such a man. He represented the people and rose above his self concerns to meet the needs of the people. Cesar Chavez showed us that, “The highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.” He lived by this standard and fought freedom with the highest form of dignity and character.
In 1976, the US Senate ordered a fresh inquiry into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, who was murdered in 1963 during a motorcade in Dallas, Texas while campaigning for re-election. People who had been involved in the original Warren Commission investigations were asked to make fresh statements. The FBI and the CIA were persuaded to release more of their documents on Oswald. New lines of inquiry were opened and individuals who had not previously given evidence were persuaded to come forward. Most important of all, pieces of evidence such as photos and sound recordings were subjected to scientific analysis using the most up-to-date methods and equipment. The House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) completed their investigation in 1979 and they finally came to a discrete verdict that Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at Kennedy, one of which killed the president. A fourth shot was fired from the grassy knoll, which was contradictory to the statement printed by the Warren Commission 16 years earlier. They concluded that John Kennedy was assassinated as the result of a conspiracy.
Imagine seeing 10,000 of your classmates walking out of your school because they wanted a better education - a better way of life. In the 1960s’ Chicano students were being “pushed out”(Esparza) of school or being pushed towards vocational programs. East L.A was home to schools were “one out of every four Chicano’s completed high school”(Esparza). Instructors and the school board alike did not have an interest in helping Chicanos finish school to become someone other than a laborer and was expected of them to keep being a laborer. In “Taking Back the Schools”, Sal Castro a high school counselor claims, “I think the bottom line is the lack of concern of the teachers towards the kids and whether the kids were really getting an education or not...the reality set in that the teachers weren’t really concern for the kids.”(Esparza).
One of the greatest civil rights activists of our time; one who believed the ways of Gandhi and Martin Luther King that “violence can only hurt us and our cause” (Cesar Chavez); a quiet, devoted, small catholic man who had nothing just like those he help fight for; “one of America's most influential labor leaders of the late twentieth century” (Griswold del Castillo); and one “who became the most important Mexican-American leader in the history of the United States” (Ender). Cesar Chavez; an American farm worker, who would soon become the labor leader that led to numerous improvements for union workers; it is recorded that Chavez was born near Yuma, Arizona on March 31, 1927 and died on April 23, 1993 in San Luis, Arizona. (Wikipedia) His life affected many others as his unselfish deeds changed the labor union force forever. This essay will discuss the reasons Cesar Chavez became involved in Union rights, the immediate impact he had, and also the legacy he left behind with his actions that influenced American society.
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Everyone knows the name Fidel Castro, the revolutionary of Cuba. At the University of Havana in 1945 is where Fidel Castro began his long and treacherous journey as a radical nationalist. (Fidel: The Untold Story). He fought the infamous Flugencio Batista in the name of social justice until victory was won. He claimed to have fought for a democratic Cuba and a restoration of constitutional government and Cuban sovereignty, but he also stood for socialism and communist ideals. As Tim Padgett from Times Magazine on page 42 stated “Fidel imported old-world Marxism and its perverse notion that social justice is best delivered via the injustice of autocracy.” He supported everything the US and pro-democracy states despised and stood as a revolutionary
All in all, Fidel Castro had both good parts of his life, and bad one’s too. He had the biggest impact on America than any other person has. Even though he hasn’t did anything to help America, he did almost have use go through a third world war. If it wasn’t for Castro, if it wasn’t for his uprising, Russia would of sent a nuclear missile to us someday, and we wouldn’t be alive. You can say, without the missile crisis happening that early, we would of experience an Armageddon, would be living in a recovering post apocalyptic world. And without the Castro impact to this world, nations in Africa wouldn’t be freed, and Cuba would of had an even worst uprising.
The exodus of the majority of skilled workers brought about a rapid change in the methods employed in educating Cuba’s population. If the revolution was to be successful, Cuba needed to replace the skilled workers that left with other skilled workers in the shortest amount of time possible. In 1961, the revolutionary government developed a nationwide campaign to rid Cuba of illiteracy. The program was given slogans like “ The people should teach the people and If you don’t know learn; if you know teach”. This program consisted of volunteer teachers who would help illiterate Cubans increase their education by teaching them the fundamentals. According to Fitzgerald, “(The literacy campaign) helped to integrate town and county and to galvanize support for revolutionary goals by bringing urban and rural populations into direct contact. ( p. 41)” Also, according to Fitzgerald, “ Enrollment in adult education rose dramatically from 66,577 students in the 1960-1961 school year to a peak of 842,024 students in the 1964-1965 school year, but plummeted to 309,717 students in 1969-1970. (P. 42)” This program benefited the poorer citizens of Cuba who remained in Cuba. They w...