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A Latinx Resource Guide: Civil Rights Cases and Events in the United States
Timeline
A Latinx Resource Guide: Civil Rights Cases and Events in the United States
Introduction
Timeline
1911: Meeting of the Mexicanist Congress
1917: Jones-Shafroth Act
1938: Pecan Shellers Strike
1938: Spanish Speaking People's Congress
1942: People v. Zamora (sic) 1943: Zoot Suit Riots
1942: Bracero Program
1946: Mendez v. Westminster
1954: Hernandez v. Texas
1962: United Farm Workers Union
1966: Katzenbach v. Morgan
1966: Miranda v. Arizona
1966: The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966
1967: Tierra Amarilla Land Grant & Courthouse Raid
1968: East Los Angeles Walkouts
1968: The Young Lord's Organization/Party
1970: National Chicano Moratorium
1973: San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez
1974: Southwest Voter Registration Education Project
1974: Serna v. Portales
1975: U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce
1976 and 2006: Congressional Leadership
1978: Madrigal v. Quilligan
1982: Plyler v. Doe
1986: Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
1987: INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca
1990: Temporary Protection Status (TPS)
1991: American Baptist Churches (ABC) v. Thornburgh
1994: California's Proposition 187
1999: Vieques Island Protests
2002: Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act & 2012: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
2012: Arizona v. United States
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1910s
1911: Meeting of the Mexicanist Congress
1917: Jones-Shafroth Act
1930s
1938: Pecan Shellers Strike
1938: Spanish Speaking People's Congress
1940s
1942: Bracero Program
1942: People v. Zamora (sic) 1943: Zoot Suit Riots
1946: Mendez v. Westminister
1950s
1954: Hernandez v. Texas
1960s
1962: United Farm Workers Union
1966: Katzenbach v. Morgan
1966: Miranda v. Arizona
1966: The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966
1967: Tierra Amarilla Land Grant & Courthouse Raid
1968: East Los Angeles Walkouts
1968: The Young Lord's Organization/Party
1970s
1970: National Chicano Moratorium
1973: San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez
1974: Southwest Voter Registration Education Project
1974: Serna v. Portales
1975: U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce
1976 and 2006: Congressional Leadership
1978: Madrigal v. Quilligan
1980s
1982: Plyler v. Doe
1986: Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
1987: INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca
1990s
1990: Temporary Protection Status (TPS)
1991: American Baptist Churches (ABC) v. Thornburgh
1994: California's Proposition 187
1999: Vieques Island Protests
2000s
2002: Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act & 2012: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
2010s
2012: Arizona v. United States
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