The 1970 Uvalde School Walkouts
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Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas was the epicenter of a historic school walkout during the Chicano movement. In 1970, the firing of one beloved Mexican-American teacher set off a fire in the Mexican community of Uvalde and they were ready to stand for their rights. This is the story of the school walkouts.
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Sources
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s#Social_and_political_movements
Nittle, Nadra Kareem. (2021, February 16). History of the Chicano Movement. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/chicano-movement-brown-and-proud-2834583
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_L.A._walkouts
https://iberoaztlan.com/articles/remembering-the-uvalde-public-school-walkout-of-1970/
https://voces.lib.utexas.edu/collections/stories/olga-mu%C3%B1oz-rodriguez
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