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Commemoration of Chicano Walkouts photos at Wilson High School, Los Angeles.

The East Los Angeles Walkouts or Chicano Blowouts were a series of 1968 protests by Chicano students against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District high schools. The first protest took place on March 1, 1968. The students who organized and carried out the protests were primarily concerned with the quality of their education. This movement (which involved thousands of students in the Los Angeles area) was of the first mass mobilizations by Mexican-Americans in Southern California.

For more than 30 years, members of the California Legislature have held a special ceremony for the women who are making a difference in the Golden State. This year, Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles) is honoring Leticia Guevara, who has broken barriers as a teenage mother, translator and political activist.