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The Brown Berets (Spanish: Los Boinas Cafés) is a pro-Chicano paramilitary organization that emerged during the Chicano Movement in the late 1960s. [2] [3] David Sanchez and Carlos Montes co-founded the group modeled after the Black Panther Party. [4] [5] The Brown Berets was part of the Third World Liberation Front.
The Occupation of Catalina Island (Spanish: Ocupación de la Isla Santa Catalina) began on August 30, 1972, when the Brown Berets, a Chicano-rights organization, occupied Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles, for three weeks.
Founded in 1972, the Brown Berets Chapter of Austin focused on issues similar to the original chapter of Los Angeles that plagued the Chicano community. A quote from Gilberto Rivera, a prominent East Austin activist states, "the formation was due to a ‘call’ from the community & out of their own direct experiences of police violence which ...
Carlos Montes is a nationally respected leader in the Chicano, immigrant rights, and anti-war movements. He was a co-founder of the Brown Berets, a Chicano working class youth organization in the United States in the late 1960s and 1970s.
The Brown Berets are a Chicano/Mexican-American–based community organization in Watsonville, California, modeled after the Brown Berets of the Civil Rights Movement. Watsonville is a town with a population of 53,856 of which 82% are Latino.
With his leadership, the Young Chicanos For Community Action eventually became the Brown Berets. [3] The Brown Berets advocated for better schools and the fair treatment of Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles. [3] The organization also worked on farmworkers' rights, opposition to the Vietnam War, and organizing against police brutality. [4]
Gloria Arellanes (born March 4, 1946 - October 12, 2024) was a political activist known for her involvement with the Brown Berets during the Chicano Movement and has been influential in the development of Chicana feminism.
Martín Porferio "Marty" Serna (1944 - 1978) was an early organizer of the Chicano Movement, who was one of the founders of the Brown Berets in Pueblo, Colorado.He was part of the La Raza Unida political party, and developed several community organizations in Pueblo including the Black/Brown Berets, United Farmworkers Organization, Escuela Huitzhualopán, Southern Colorado Chicano Planning ...