Mexican Americans have been in this country longer than many groups of people. Although, they have been here longer, whites took thier land from them. Along with taking their land from them, they took took all the pride that the Mexicans Americans had. It seemed that way until they started fighting for their rights in the early nineteen hundreds. Treaties were made that gave land rights to them and speeches were made by political leaders deeming this countries actions unjust. However, the treaties were ignored and the speeches were ploys to gain votes. Many Mexican American leaders noticed that their people were mistreated and walked all over by the anglo government.Some Mexican American leaders focused on police brutality. Some focused on the school systems. And even some on everything that affected them. Others like Caesar Chavez and Corky Gonzales focused on certain topics like farm workers and political parties.Mexican Americans were determined to get what they wanted and did what they had to do to get it.One leader named Caesar Chavez was probably, the most famous person in recent Mexican American history. When he spoke, he reached all types of people. He reached “Christian organizations, both Protestants and Catholics, radical student organizations, including the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS); and other civil rights groups.” Chavez was a major leader in the Chicano movement that all started when he was nineteen years-old when he joined the NFLU (National Farm Labor Union). From then, he moved on to the CFO, where he moved up in rank quite easily which he eventually quit. After his nine year stint with the CFO, he then founded the union of the United Farm Workers in late 1962. An organization that fought for fare wages for farm workers. That organization of his was probably the most known Mexican American one around the country. Since Chavez knew the the political field and the organizationa...
