Chicano Voting Rights Movement

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chicano_Voting_Rights_Movement
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Social movement
gptkbp:activePeriod 1960s
1970s
gptkbp:focusesOn Civil rights
Voting rights
Chicano rights
gptkbp:goal Eliminate discriminatory voting laws
End voter suppression
Increase Chicano political representation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chicano Voting Rights Movement
gptkbp:influenced Latino political activism
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:location gptkb:Southwestern_United_States
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:method Grassroots organizing
Legal challenges
Voter registration drives
Political mobilization
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Texas_poll_tax_repeal
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:La_Raza_Unida_Party
gptkb:MAYO_(Mexican_American_Youth_Organization)
gptkb:Willie_Velasquez
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Chicano_Movement
gptkb:Mexican_American_civil_rights_movement
gptkbp:resultedIn Greater Chicano representation in government
Increased Chicano voter turnout
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chicano
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6