On the college campuses, student groups adopted the name MECHA, an acronym in Spanish for Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan, and pressed for increased Chicano enrollment and courses about their ...

During the Chicano rights movement of the 1960s, Aztlan became a powerful rallying cry for militants who spoke of a reconquista, or reconquest, of the U.S. Southwest, turning it into an ...

Chicano, which refers to Mexican Americans, gained popularity during the militant Chicano Movement of the 1970s. Aztlán is the mythical home of the Aztecs, which some activists say is the present ...

Dr. ANTONIO ESQUIBEL: Neal, welcome to Denver. As I would've said during the Chicano Movement, welcome to Aztlan. CONAN: Aztlan. Aztlan is the mythical Latino - Chicano homeland. ESQUIBEL ...

The student group known as M.E.Ch.A. stands for “Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán,” which in translation means ...

Then, he checks in again via walkie talkie. Eventually, he begins to talk about how some of the members of the Chicano movement in the 1960s have become labor organizers or politicians.

The Chicano Movement – a fight for social justice in ... They found a way to overcome, forming their own group called the Mujeres of Aztlan, or women of Aztlan. They advocated for better streets ...

"The Plan Espiritual de Aztlán" was formed, the manifesto of the Chicano Movement. "For me, Chicano is a way to embrace my Indigenous roots to this hemisphere," explained Rudy Gonzales ...

The Library of Congress has acquired the photographs and manuscripts of Raúl Ruiz, a leading journalist in the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles during the 1960s and 1970s. Why it matters: The ...