Hispanic Heritage Month: How Latinx activism changed the landscape of America | Opinion
Lorrin Thomas is an associate professor of history at Rutgers University-Camden. She says many Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans – the largest Latinx groups in the United States – were invisible to most other Americans until two massive waves of protest forced the mainstream media and many other Americans to pay attention to Latinx communities.1968 brought upheaval and protest to the United States and around the world.
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The students were skilled at communicating with the media, and soon a U.S. senator invited several strike leaders to meet with officials in Washington D.C. A few months later, the Senate held a series of hearings to investigate violations of equal educational opportunity experienced by Mexican American and Puerto Rican students across the country.
Having assembled their own movements using the tools and strategies developed by earlier activists and leaders, Latinx change-makers built organizations and set goals – to secure fair housing, voting rights, and bilingual education that would guide and inspire generations that followed.
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