The LatinX Sixties

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This class explores the history of this LatinX activism in the long decade of upheavals. It traces the barriers that LatinXs faced, how they confronted those barriers, the compromises they made and refused to make, and their successes, failures, and continued attempts. Students will learn the reasons behind youth activism, its impact on the civil rights struggles of the period, and its legacies in today's protests, where LatinX youth are leaders in the push for comprehensive immigration reform, anti-gun legislation, LGBTQ rights, and economic change.