Love & Walkouts

Code Switch

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In 1968, thousands of students participated in a series of protests for equity in education that sparked the Chicano Movement. But for two of the students at one struggling high school, that civil unrest — which became known as East L.A. Walkouts — also marked the beginning of a 50-year romance. This week, Code Switch is cosigning that love story, brought to us by our play-cousins at Latino USA.

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