<P> That version of the past did not, but take into account the history of those Mexicans who had immigrated to the United States . It also gave little attention to the rights of undocumented immigrants in the United States in the 1960s--which is not surprising, since immigration did not have the political significance it later acquired . It was a decade later when activists, such as Bert Corona in California, embraced the rights of undocumented workers and helped broaden the movement to include their issues . </P> <P> When the movement dealt with practical problems in the 1960s, most activists focused on the most immediate issues confronting Mexican Americans; unequal educational and employment opportunities, political disfranchisement, and police brutality . In the heady days of the late 1960s, when the student movement was active around the globe, the Chicano movement brought about more or less spontaneous actions, such as the mass walkouts by high school students in Denver and East Los Angeles in 1968 and the Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles in 1970 . </P> <P> The movement was particularly strong at the college level, where activists formed MEChA, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán, which promoted Chicano Studies programs and a generalized ethno - nationalist agenda . </P> <P> At a time when peaceful sit - ins were a common protest tactic, the American Indian Movement (AIM) takeovers in their early days were noticeably violent . Some appeared to be spontaneous outcomes of protest gatherings, but others included armed seizure of public facilities . </P>

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