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'''Carlos Montes''' was a co-founder of the [[Brown Berets]], a [[revolutionary]] [[Chicano]] organization in the United States in the late 1960s and 1970s. The Brown Berets were inspired by and often compared to the [[Black Panther Party]]. Montes was one of the leaders of the East LA ''blowouts'', or the walkouts from East LA high schools in 1968. Montes is one of the people portrayed in the 2006 HBO movie [[Walkout (film)|Walkout]].The agenda of the Brown Berets was to fight police harassment, inadequate public schools inadequate health care, inadequate job opportunities, minority education issues , the lack of political representation and the Vietnam War. It set up branches in Texas, New Mexico, New York, Florida, Chicago, St. Louis and other metropolitan areas with Chicano populations. |
'''Carlos Montes''' was a co-founder of the [[Brown Berets]], a [[revolutionary]] [[Chicano]] organization in the United States in the late 1960s and 1970s. The Brown Berets were inspired by and often compared to the [[Black Panther Party]]. Montes was one of the leaders of the East LA ''blowouts'', or the walkouts from East LA high schools in 1968. Montes is one of the people portrayed in the 2006 HBO movie [[Walkout (film)|Walkout]].The agenda of the Brown Berets was to fight police harassment, inadequate public schools inadequate health care, inadequate job opportunities, minority education issues , the lack of political representation and the Vietnam War. It set up branches in Texas, New Mexico, New York, Florida, Chicago, St. Louis and other metropolitan areas with Chicano populations. |
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Carlos Montes was a co-founder of the Brown Berets, a revolutionary Chicano organization in the United States in the late 1960s and 1970s. The Brown Berets were inspired by and often compared to the Black Panther Party. Montes was one of the leaders of the East LA blowouts, or the walkouts from East LA high schools in 1968. Montes is one of the people portrayed in the 2006 HBO movie Walkout.The agenda of the Brown Berets was to fight police harassment, inadequate public schools inadequate health care, inadequate job opportunities, minority education issues , the lack of political representation and the Vietnam War. It set up branches in Texas, New Mexico, New York, Florida, Chicago, St. Louis and other metropolitan areas with Chicano populations.
External links
- Interview with Carlos Montes About the Brown Berets (Winter 2003)
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