La Cuarta Parte

Though segregation was over, the students of the 1960s were still not satisfied that their education was equal. East Los Angeles was a predominantly Mexican-American part of town, and the students at its schools were therefore mostly Mexican-American. These schools from a poorer area of town did not receive as much funding as their West Los Angeles counterpart. This created unequal conditions, and to protest, a series of student walkouts were planned. The walkouts were not limited to LA however. Several walkouts were organized across the state to protest unequal conditions. The walkouts of 1968 called an overwhelming amount of media attention to the school district’s shortcomings, and sparked change and reform in the educational system.