1849: San Francisco
The Alta California reports repression against “foreign miners” (including the Chinese) is mounting in the “gold country” and Chicanos are being forced to the southern mines where there is little gold or water.
Category Archives: Mexico
On this day, in Chicano History:
1973, Tucson, Arizona:
Two highly decorated Viet Nam veteran are arrested together, but treated differently. John Hall is given a suspended sentence, but Carlos Flores is charged with “resisting a Border Patrol Officer.”
On this day, in Chicano History:
1846: Bent’s Fort, New Mexico:
Col. Stephen Kearney issues a proclamation telling New Mexicans that the impending U.S. military occupation of their land would not be hostile.
On this day, in Chicano History:
1945: Washington, DC:
Dr. Ernesto Galarza prepares a report focusing in on how U.S. growers are violating international agreements by cheating the Mexican farmworkers imported during World War II on their wages and working conditions.
On this day, in Chicano History;
1834 Monterey:
Augustin Zambrano announces the first printing press in Alta California and starts a print shop “to serve the public with greatest exactness and care.”