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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 21
Sign: Gemini

City: SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES
State: CALIFORNIA
Country: US
Signup Date: 4/22/2006

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Thursday, October 26, 2006

History of the Brown Berets

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Brown Berets EARLY HISTORY Dec.3, 1967: The first Brown Beret unit is formed in East Los Angeles by a group of young Xicano organizers who previously were called Young Citizens for Community Action (YCCA). Jan.1968: The Brown Berets organized the first demonstrations against police brutality. Mar. 1968: The Brown Berets and other high school students organized the first school walkout to change the U.S. educational system on behalf of La Raza. Over 10,000 students participated. Jan. 1969: The Brown Berets became a statewide organization in California. May. 1969: The Brown Berets opened the first Xicano Free clinic in East L.A. Summer of 1969: The Brown Berets successfully promoted Raza unity throughout California and chapters began forming in Arizona, New Mexico,Texas, Michigan,and other areas. Dec. 14,1969: The Brown Berets organized the Chicano Moratorium Committee and the first rally in East Los Angeles to protest against racial discrimination and the disproportionate number of Xicanos being drafted and killed in the Viet Nam War. Jan.1970: La Raza of Logan Hieghts was threatened with violence by the Hell's Angels. The Brown Berets responded promptly to protect our barrios effectively. Apr.22,1970: The Brown Berets and community members of San Diego occupied the land that was to be a California Highway Patrol station in Logan Heights. Instead they made it into a park for La Raza and it was called Chicano Park. It continues to be a symbol of Xicano pride and power that has now become famous throughout the world. Summer 1970: The Brown Berets were promoted and organized in various California prisons as well as in parts of Mexico,Europe,and Asia by Xicano U.S. military service personnel that agreed with the Brown Beret goals and plans. Summer 1970: The Brown Berets occupied the building that was operayed by a social service agency in Logan hieghts that was not serving the need of the Xicano community in San Diego . The Berets instead founded the Logan Heights Family Health Center. May 5,1971:The Brown Berets marched one thousand miles from Calexico to Sacramento in "La March de la Reconquista" in a statewide protest against racial and institutionalized discrimination,police brutality, and the high numbers on Xicanos being killed in Viet Nam. Aug. 30, 1972:The Brown Berets occupied Santa Catalina Island because all the islands off the coast of California were never "ceded" by Mexico to the U.S. under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848, and to bring nationwide attention to the injustices and inequality towards our people. Nov.1,1972: Infiltrations by police,sheriffs,and the FBI disrupted the Brown Berets causing it to function primarily at local levels. The organization ceased to function on a nationwide scale.