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Audio Recording Student Activism: 1968 Los Angeles Walkouts to Gen Z Justice

Student Activism: 1968 Los Angeles Walkouts to Gen Z Justice

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Huntington Fellows Herman Luis Chavez and Maria Guadalupe Partida speak with youth activist Daphne Frias and scholar Dr. Manuel Haro to discuss Latino student activism. The episode focuses on the 1968 East Los Angeles school walkouts, one of the largest student-led marches in American history, alongside the contemporary justice pursued by Gen Z students at the intersection of disability, educational, and civic activism. Library materials include photograph collections and periodicals. A Latinx Resource Guide: Civil Rights Cases and Events is an online resource guide of civil rights figures, cases, and events impacting the Latinx community in the United States. The resource guide is available for access here.

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Title

  • Student Activism: 1968 Los Angeles Walkouts to Gen Z Justice

Running Time

  • 40:46

Speakers

  • Herman Luis Chavez
  • Maria Guadalupe Partida
  • Dr. Manuel Haro
  • Daphne Frias

Online Format

  • web page
  • pdf
  • audio

Podcast Series

  • La Biblioteca

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Student Activism:Los Angeles Walkouts to Gen Z Justice. 2021. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/podcasts/2021-10-19/student-activism-1968-los-angeles-walkouts-to-gen-z-justice/.

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(2021) Student Activism:Los Angeles Walkouts to Gen Z Justice. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/podcasts/2021-10-19/student-activism-1968-los-angeles-walkouts-to-gen-z-justice/.

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Student Activism:Los Angeles Walkouts to Gen Z Justice. 2021. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/podcasts/2021-10-19/student-activism-1968-los-angeles-walkouts-to-gen-z-justice/>.