The Brown Berets became an essential part of the Latinx social justice organizations that gave way to the Chicano Movement of 1968.
, which provided working rights for Mexican-American migrant workers. But when it came to the younger generation, they were basically left to advocate for themselves.
Dr. Sanchez recalls his first experience with discrimination, at the age of 13: Back then he was selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door, when a white man opened his door and called him a “dirty Mexican.” “I felt so bad that I quit the job,” Dr. Sanchez remembers. “Then I began to realize that there was a lot of discrimination and prejudice against Mexican-Americans.”
A couple of years later, when he 15, Dr. Sanchez started the Young Chicanos for Community Action in Monterey Park, California. He later changed the name to the Brown Berets, because he had actually purchased one, by chance, and wore it often. From then on, the grassroots group met at various locations, including the Boy’s and Girl’s Club and coffee shops, because they didn’t want police to know their whereabouts. Dr.
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