The Brown Berets is a Chicano paramilitary organization that emerged during the Chicano Movement in the United States during the late 1960s. David Sanchez and Carlos Montes co-founded the group modele
Civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, flanked by Brown Berets, at a 1971 rally during the Chicano movement
Four Brown Berets leaders: Fred Lopez, David Sanchez, Carlos Montes, and Ralph Ramirez in Los Angeles, California, 1968
Founding co-editor of La Raza Ruth Robinson (right) with Margarita Sanchez (left) at the Belmont High School walkout, 1968
Brown Beret in Fresno, California for No on Prop 187 (1994)
The Chicano Movement, also referred to as El Movimiento, was a social and political movement in the United States that worked to embrace a Chicano identity and worldview that combated structural racis
Brown Berets
…The Brown Berets (Spanish: Los Boinas Cafés ) is a Chicano paramilitary organization that emerged during the Chicano Movement in the United States during the late 1960s. David Sanchez and Carlos Montes co-founded the group modeled after the Black Panther Party. The Brown Berets…
Cesar Chavez with demonstrators
The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC)
Three of the "Big Four" of the Chicano movement at the Raza Unida Party's 1972 convention: Reies Lopez Tijerina, New Mexico (second from left), Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, Colorado (center), and José Ángel Gutiérrez, Texas (far right). Cesar Chavez, California, did not attend.
Luisa Moreno, a Guatemalan social activist who played a major role in the pre-Chicano Movement.