Word: chicano
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...center was founded in 1978 to reverse a high drop-out rate among Black students. Now there are separate centers for Black, Asian, Chicano-Latino and American Indian students...
...Chong have stuck with a successful shtick for years. People, they have discovered, find it a little thrilling to see illicit drugs on the big screen, thrilling enough that they will howl and yell and carry on at the sight of the drug. And so the pair, aging Chicano drifters, draw laughs with an elaborate series of sight gags and one-liners, all connected to dope...
...Third World Center offers study groups, speaker series, colloquia, and seminars on Asian American, Afro-American, Boricuan, Chicano, Native American, and Third World people's history, culture, and social issues. These enhance the academic environment of Harvard University and Harvard University's commitment ot diversity...
...eight Puerto Rican students (the entire Puerto Rican population at Harvard at that time) walked into the Dean of Admissions Office and successfully demanded the acceptance of more Puerto Rican students along with a corresponding student recruitment program. In 1973 the Chicano recruitment program was established, also as a result of student pressure. However, while Third World student enrollment has generally increased, from less than 5 per cent to 20 per cent of the class of 1984, the population of Native Americans remains less than...
Associate Justice Charles Grabau was described by Ms. Russell as "white," while certain defendants were described either as "Chicano" or "Hispanic." Justice Grabau grew up in Cuba, only leaving when his family fled Castro's regime...