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were being beat up with,

none of it, uh...

none of it made it

on the-- on the news.

They want to pretend

that it didn't happen.

It didn't happen.

Tomorrow's Friday.

I say we take a stand.

They won't let you

just walk out.

We can win

this one, Sal.

We need an escort.

I'll bring my abuela.

He's right though,

'cause they don't hit abuelas.

Bullshit.

My abuela hits back.

Why don't we

just invite everybody?

Parents, brothers, primos.

Kids?

Why not?

Uh... okay,

every school...

has to walk out together,

at the same time.

Yup.

Together, yeah.

All in favor...

say "Yea."

Yea!

Lincoln, let's walk out.

Walkout! Walkout! Walkout!

Walkout! Walkout!

You know what happened yesterday.

Come on, this is dangerous.

Come on guys,

it's like lambs to the slaughter.

La raza!

Walkout! Walkout!

Walkout!

- If they come at you, don't resist.

- Walkout!

- Walkout!

- If they come at you, don't resist.

Okay.

- Walkout! Chicano!

- Power!

- Chicano!

- Power!

Viva la raza!

- Viva la raza!

- Que viva!

- Chicano!

- Power!

- Chicano!

- Que viva!

- Viva la raza!

- Que viva!

- La raza!

- Que viva!

Que viva...!

Leave our children alone!

Your papi's gonna trip.

Anything to say?

It's a beautiful day

to be a Chicano.

And in that spirit,

we're forming a committee

of parents to take over

where the kids left off.

And I'd like to introduce to you

Dr. Julian Nava, ladies and gentlemen.

I have some very good news.

The board has agreed

to convene on a special session

at Lincoln High

tomorrow evening.

Looks like

you got their attention.

We did it,

we made them listen,

and we didn't even have to be

sneaky about what we wanted.

- That's a good thing.

- Yeah.

I-- I gotta go.

Well, actually um...

there's something

I wanna ask you.

Do you wanna go

to the prom with me?

- I don't know, um...

- You don't have to.

I mean, it...

No, I'd like to.

I would.

I'd like to.

- I have to go.

- Okay okay.

Compulsory bilingual

and bicultural education

will be enacted in all

East Los Angeles high schools.

Corporal punishment

must be stopped.

Janitorial duties should not be

assigned to students as punishment.

Students who speak Spanish

in the classrooms

should not be reprimanded.

Chicanos deserve

a right to a higher education.

No student should be discouraged

from pursuing a college track.

Teachers who show

any form of prejudice

must be transferred

out of the district.

No students or teachers

are to be reprimanded

for participating

in the recent demonstrations.

And restrooms

are to remain open

to all students

at all times.

Viva la raza!

Que viva!

You like it?

Oh, really?

Oh, thank you!

Here, let's put them on.

They're gonna bring you

good luck tonight.

You'll see.

- Chicano!

- Power!

You Moctesuma Esparza?

- Yes.

- You're under arrest.

- No!

- No!

No more violence! No!

Are you David Sanchez?

LAPD,

you're under arrest.

Gentlemen, you are

under arrest.

Hey, we got a right

to be here, man.

Hey, you got a warrant?

Get your hands off me.

Paula.

Please come with me.

Hey, what's wrong?

- What happened?

- The police are arresting everybody.

Mocte, Risco,

Armando, David--

- they're all in jail.

- What about Robert?

I don't know.

They probably

arrested Robert.

We have to go find Sal.

He'll know what to do.

Mr. Castro!

- Sal, where is he?

- He's downtown.

Such an idiot.

I will call my dad right now.

He can take all of us.

- It's not fair.

- This is just social injustice, man.

- We have to defend ourselves.

- Listen listen! Stop!

We have to get them

out of jail.

That's all we know.

There's gonna be a bail hearing.

Someone's got a line

on a Chicano lawyer.

Like there is

such a thing.

Hey, man, these are

serious charges, all right?

Wait a second, you just said that

disrupting the school is a misdemeanor.

They didn't charge them

with disrupting a school.

The charged them

with the conspiracy to disrupt a school.

- A conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor?

- Exactly.

Wait a minute,

that doesn't sound so bad.

It's a felony, Bobby. Our friends

are looking at serious time.

How much?

- 66 years.

- What?

on school lockers?

That's a life sentence.

Hey, they'll never

make that stick.

Yes, they can.

Robert was with us the whole time.

- He'll tell them everything.

- Paula, it's not your fault.

Papi?

I wanted to say

that I was sorry.

For everything.

You said those who take

chances vas a ver. Bang.

They get hit.

I didn't know

what I was doing.

Mr. Castro, Mocte,

the Brown Berets--

they were all arrested

and thrown into jail.

You step

in the ring...

...you get hit.

I should have

listened to you.

Now you've

disrespected your father,

and now you're

just going to quit?

You won't

give in to me...

but you're gonna

give in to them?

I don't agree

with what you were doing...

but they had no right

to beat you kids that way.

Do you know why...

nobody wants

to fight Latino boxers?

Because they don't quit.

Yeah.

They never give up.

Bobby?

This is the plan.

You want me

to go to college?

Mita, you, me

and everybody,

we have to

make a statement.

Okay, listen.

What do you think

I should be, Pancha, huh?

How about

an ornithologist, huh?

Maybe I'll teach Spanish.

Mexican-American? Nah.

Chicano, right?

What are you gonna be

when you grow up, Bobby?

I don't know.

When I find out...

then I'm gonna be it.

Free the East L.A. 13!

Free the East L.A. 13!

Free the East L.A. 13!

Free the East L.A. 13!

Move move, go go go!

Get out of the way! Come on!

- Go on, move it!

- Get out of my way!

Out of the way!

Get out of the way!

Go go go go!

Officers, hold this line!

Please disperse

and move down!

You must be

on the sidewalk!

I repeat:
Please disperse

and move back!

Sir, please let me

speak with them.

I know these people.

Make it quick.

Paula, please.

Help me stop this.

Okay? Before anybody

gets hurt.

They posted bail,

they're gonna be out soon.

I wanted to tell you.

I just didn't know how.

I was doing my job.

We trusted you.

Well, what did you accomplish

with the walkouts?

Schools aren't gonna change.

The dropout rate's not gonna change.

Nothing's gonna change.

Y-you might have ruined

Was it worth it?

Yeah.

It was worth it.

You know, the schools

may not have changed, but we did.

Sal!

Sal!

Thank you!

Sal!

- Thank you, Sal!

- Thank you!

Thank you, Sal!

Yeah, Sal!

Sal, thank you!

- Chicano!

- Power!

- Que viva la raza!

- Que viva!

- Que viva Sal Castro!

- Que viva!

- Chicano!

- Power!

Chicano power!

What the walkouts did--

it focused the attention

now on the Chicanos in the city,

because these kids

were serious.

A lot of us had

the same sort of...

complaints about what

was happening in our lives,

as far as our education,

so we decided to take a survey.

That's when we started

to gather that information

and started interacting

with the school districts,

saying, "You're not

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