Martinez, Alicia

Professor Hamman
Pols Online
17 October 2015
Topic Selection, Outline, and Initial Research
Topic selection: The Mexican-American community/Hispanic community (minority group)
I. Who makes up the Hispanic community in 2015?
A. Definition
B. Mexican-Americans/Hispanics basic history
C. Breakdown of different races/ skin color
D. Thesis
II. 1940s Era
A. Cesar Chavez (role of Dolores Huerta and Corky Gonzalez)
B. The United Farm Workers Act
1. http://online.salempress.com.ezp.pasadena.edu/articleDetails.do?
bookId=303&articleName=mdal_100a&searchText=%22national%20farm
%20workers%20association%22&searchOperators=exact&category=History
III. The 1960s
A. The Chicano Movement and what was it?
1. http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezp.pasadena.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?
sid=99376f43-8076-4663-a0a1cd71c5e5cc63%40sessionmgr4001&vid=31&hid=4109
B. The Brown Berets
IV. Mexican-Americans/ Hispanic struggles with the law (also major supreme court cases)
A. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
1. http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezp.pasadena.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?
sid=99376f43-8076-4663-a0a1cd71c5e5cc63%40sessionmgr4001&vid=12&hid=4109
B. Hispanic immigrants being denied birth certificates for their new born babies in Texas
1. http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-texas-immigrant-birthcertificate-20151016-story.html
V. The struggle of being a Hispanics today (2015)
A. Immigration reform

B. Racism within and outside community

1. Donald Trump
2. Hispanics view on indigenous individuals
3. Loss of traditions/language
VI. Conclusion
A. Wrap up
B. Future ideas for the community