ite confrontation produced a whirlwind of events that caused Mexican American and other minorities to escalate demands for similar human rights and political gains. B. North from Texas – The migration of Chicanos to the Midwest continued in the 1960s where farm production was undergoing a transformation. In the 1960s the cost of automation decreased. Government research grants cut the cost of the machinery, and the cost of food production decreased while profits increased. C. The Mexican Connection: Un Pueblo, Una Lucha – The migration itself had multiple effects on the Chicano. First, after WWII a marked trend toward assimilation had occurred and many Mexican American parents refused to teach their children Spanish. Rather than a rejection of Mexican heritage, cultural nationalism created a renaissance in Mexican consciousness. D. The Road to Delano: Creating a Movement- Many Chicano have incorrectly labeled the second half of the 1960s as the birth of the Chicano movement. By the mid-1960s traditional groups such as LULAC and the G.I. Forum along with recently formed political groups such as MAPA and PASSO, were challenged. Cesar Chavez gave the Chicano movement a national leader. He was the only Mexican American to be recognized by the mainstream civil rights and antiwar movements. E. Echoes of Delano – Texas remained a union organizer’s nightmare. Its long border ensured growers access to a constant and abundant supply of cheap labor. Efforts to unionize farm workers had been literally stomped to death by the overt misuse of the Texan Rangers, the local courts, and the right-to-work laws. F. The Legitimation of Protest – The civil rights movement and the ghetto revolts of the mid- 1960s greatly affected the direction of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and the subsequent war on poverty. The act emphasized education and training jobs: Job corps, Neighborhood Youth Corps, work-study and community acti...
