Ethnic Identity Movements
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*Co-editor's Note
Recently added Chapter 20 includes a more thorough treatment of the following Ethnic Identity Groups' Movements for Reform: Native Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, and White Ethnic Groups.
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Introductory Overview Essay
Historical Development of Reform
Chinese Equal Rights League Founded in 1884 to Battle Exclusion Policies
Anti-Defamation League Founded in 1913 to Combat Anti-Semitism
Jewish Labor Movement
Author Suggested Illustrations, Tables, and Documents
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The published work will reflect the correct alphabetical ordering of all reform movement chapter headings.
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Theory of Reform
Movements for Ethnic Identity
Historical Development of Ethnic Identity Movements
Native American Resistance to Government Assimilation Programs (1790s-1930s)
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) Founded in 1929 to Promote Greater Understanding and Awareness of Asian
American Pacific Islanders
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Founded in 1929
Red Power Movement/AIM Established from the 1960s-1970s
Border Culture (1970s into 21st Century)
Recognition of Chicano Rights
White Ethnic Identity Movements of the 1970s
Key Moments
Rail Roads Recruit Asian American Laborers (1864-1869)
WWII American Indian Veterans, “Code Talkers” (1942-1945)
Japanese American Internment Camps (1942-1946)
Puerto Rican Nationalists Attack Congress (1954)
United Farm Workers’ Grape Boycott (1965-70)
Occupation of Alcatraz (1969)
U.S. Cenusus Recognizes Multiracial Category
Intersections with Other Reform Movements
Ethnic Identity Movements and Civil Rights Movement
Ethnic Identity Movements and Labor Movement
Future of Reform Movement
Immigration Policy
Debate continues over Native American Land Rights
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