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American Experience: Civil Disobedience

Civil disobedience is "a public, non-violent and conscientious breach of law undertaken with the aim of bringing about a change in laws or government policies" (Rawls, A Theory of Justice. 1999, p. 320)

Chicano Rights Movements

Farm Workers' Rights Movement

Dolores Huerta: The Civil Rights Icon Who Created the Slogan “Si Se Puede” (Yes We Can) (1:46)

East LA School Walkout of 1968

 

How a 1968 Student Protest Fueled a Chicano Rights Movement (11:00)


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