Unsung Heroes Of Social Justice

Unsung Heroes Of Social Justice — page 1 — Lupe Anguiano Helps the Poor Find Jobs Lupe Anguiano knew the struggles became a nun in the Roman Catholic of Mexican workers well Growing Church As a nun she wanted to up in the 1930s her family faced help the poor Poor people and those struggles firsthand Each May minorities faced many problems they left their home in Colorado for One big problem in 1963 was racial California They worked the crops discrimination in housing Anguiano there picking fruits and vegetables fought hard against laws that would In December they returned to make it easier for landlords to Colorado It was hard work and it discriminate But at the time nuns were not supposed to be social meant Anguiano missed a lot of school But she still managed to graduate from high school activists She continued her work even though church leadership told her to stop In 1949 when she In 1964 Anguiano decided to leave was 20 years old Anguiano the church and give up her work as a A migrant family on the road in California all

Unsung Heroes Of Social Justice — page 2 — 5 Amount per week on which Anguiano lived while organizing protests around the country Anguiano originally wanted to be a nun Anguiano left the church and traveled the country helping workers She worked for three presidents furthering the rights of women Latinos and the poor Anguiano advocated for minorities and people living in poverty nun She traveled the country trying Anguiano also to help however she could Wherever worked under she went she saw people living in President Richard Nixon and President Ronald Reagan She pushed for changes in welfare so poverty Some needed government assistance to get by It was hard for them to get jobs She worked on programs that would help these people find work that people could get help finding jobs rather than just a check In 1996 Congress passed a bill that used many of her ideas It reformed These programs led to Anguiano welfare programs so that people working for President Lyndon B could support their families through Johnson's administration In 1965 employment she started working as an education specialist for the Department of Anguiano also helped blaze a trail Health Education and Welfare for other women and Latinos to get Welfare is a government involved in politics She acted as a mentor to future activists program that provides money to people living in

Unsung Heroes Of Social Justice — page 3 — Ella Baker Works Behind the Scenes for Civil Rights The civil rights movement of the Baker grew up listening to her 1950s and 1960s had many great grandmother's stories about slavery They were tales of slave revolts leaders lcons such as Martin Luther King Jr gave their all to and whippings Baker was always earn equal rights for black people King was the face and voice of the aware of the struggles black people faced From an early age she fought movement But without Ella Baker against injustice Even as a college he might never have gotten involved student she protested unfair school It was Baker who helped recruit King But Baker was also a great leader She just worked behind 26 the scenes Years Baker was actively working for social justice BAKER S OTHER Baker was interested in CAUSES social justice as a girl She moved to New York Baker did not only believe in social City after college and justice for Americans Later in life began her advocacy she protested racial segregation in career South Africa She also supported Baker organized the SCLC independence for Puerto Rico and recruited Martin and women's liberation around Luther King Jr the world She worked behind the scenes organizing people and moving civil rights forward

Unsung Heroes Of Social Justice — page 4 — THINK ABOUT IT Baker was a leader by setting a good example for others to follow What do you think makes a good leader What kind of leader are you the Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC It became an important advocacy group King was its first president But Baker and King did not get along Baker felt King was not Baker speaks inclusive of others at a news in the movement conference She believed in 1968 the movement policies She graduated belonged to from college at the top of her everybody not one class in 1927 She then moved to leader That spoke to her New York City leadership style She believed in setting an example for others in line Baker got involved in several activist with the goals of the movement She groups She gained experience thought that if everyone followed organizing people to protest While her example they would be stronger in New York she worked to end together Baker never got the segregation in schools In 1957 headlines herself But she made a Baker moved to Atlanta The civil lot of them possible rights movement was gaining strength in the South She organized O

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