1968 Student Walkouts

CONDITIONS

• Overcrowded classrooms
• High drop-out rates
• Speaking Spanish was banned
• More than 50% were kicked out of schools
• Little access to extracuriccular activities

ACTIONS

• Came up with 36 demands
• Walkouts (over 10,000 participants)
• Educational Issues Coordinating Commite
• Support from Brown Berets (paramilitary)

OBSTACLES

• Unfair police treatment
• 13 activists arrested ($10,000 bail)
• Police would strike at protesters
• Bad economic situation

ACHIEVEMENTS

• East LA 13 unconstitutional
• More academic programs
• Hispanic teachers hired
• Bilingual programs
• Improved testing programs