Chicano naming practices formed out of the cultural pride that was established in the Chicano Movement. This motivated some Chicanos to adopt Indigenous...

being of indigenous descent (with many using the Nahuatl language or names). Chicano developed its own meaning separate from Mexican American identity....

Chicano English, or Mexican-American English, is a dialect of American English spoken primarily by Mexican Americans (sometimes known as Chicanos), particularly...

The Chicano Movement, also referred to as El Movimiento, was a social and political movement in the United States that worked to embrace a Chicano/a identity...

Chicano rap is a subgenre of hip hop that embodies aspects of the Mexican American or Chicano culture. The first recognized Chicano rap album was the...

Chicano Park is a 32,000 square meter (7.9 acre) park located beneath the San Diego–Coronado Bridge in Barrio Logan, a predominantly Chicano or Mexican...

border. According to Chicano artist and writer José Antonio Burciaga: Caló originally defined the Spanish gypsy dialect. But Chicano Caló is the combination...

Chicano studies, also known as Chicano/a studies, Chican@ studies, or Xicano studies originates from the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s,...

Chicano rock, also called chicano fusion, is rock music performed by Mexican American (Chicano) groups or music with themes derived from Chicano culture...

Chicano literature is an aspect of Mexican-American literature that emerged from the cultural consciousness developed in the Chicano Movement. Chicano...

the artists creating Chicano Art were heavily influenced by Chicano Movement (El Movimiento) which began in the 1960s. Chicano art was influenced by...

is also the name of the Chicano studies journal published by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. Aztlán has been used for Chicanos to asssociate...

Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán; "Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán") is a US-based organization that seeks to promote Chicano unity and empowerment...

The Chicano Moratorium, formally known as the National Chicano Moratorium Committee Against The Vietnam War, was a movement of Chicano anti-war activists...

was formed in 1968 (renamed to UnidosUS in 2017). La Raza was the name of a Chicano community newspaper edited by Eliezer Risco in 1968. Risco was one...

jazz, and salsa. The group's name was from Chicano, a term for United States citizens of typically Mexican descent. El Chicano, originally formed by Freddie...

the Chicano Movement. Luis Valdez is generally regarded as the first Chicano filmmaker and El Teatro Campesino as the first theater company. Chicano cinema...

A cholo or chola is a member of a Chicano and Latino subculture or lifestyle associated with a particular set of dress, behavior, and worldview which...

1970s and 1980s funky music group Chicanos (comics), a comic book by Carlos Trillo and Eduardo Risso El Chicano, ring name of Puerto Rican professional wrestler...

tag names, and, again, its own graffiti language." Pachucos were perceived as alien to both Mexican and Anglo-American culture–a distinctly Chicano figure...

The East Los Angeles Walkouts or Chicano Blowouts were a series of 1968 protests by Chicano students against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified...

Brown-eyed soul, also referred to as Chicano soul, Hispanic soul, or Latino soul, is soul music & rhythm & blues (R&B) performed in the United States...

Chicano poetry is a subgenre of Chicano literature that stems from the cultural consciousness developed in the Chicano Movement. Chicano poetry has its...

Chicano nationalism is the pro-indigenist ethnic nationalist ideology of Chicanos. Violence and discrimination against Mexican Americans (usually against...

and their participation in lowrider car clubs, which remain a part of Chicano culture and have since expanded internationally. These customized vehicles...

Berets (Spanish: Los Boinas Cafés) is a pro-Chicano paramilitary organization that emerged during the Chicano Movement in the late 1960s. David Sanchez...

not enough chairs or desks for them." The schooling for Chicano students was inadequate. Chicanos paid taxes to support decent schooling for their children...

cultural consciousness behind the Chicano Movement. The central aspect of Chicanismo is the identification of Chicanos with their Indigenous American roots...

Nuevo. “Chicano Settlements in Chicago: A Brief History,” Journal of Ethnic Studies (winter 1975). Kerr, Louise Año Nuevo. "Mexican Chicago: Chicano Assimilation...

1987 semi-autobiographical work by Gloria E. Anzaldúa that examines the Chicano and Latino experience through the lens of issues such as gender, identity...