San Antonio’s inaugural Xicanx Month celebrates power, scope of the Chicano Arts Movement

In 1962, César Chávez and Dolores Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers Association, organizing agricultural workers to demand fair wages, legitimate contracts and improvements to the working and living conditions in California’s agribusiness centers. This push became a tidal wave that galvanized Mexican Americans across the country, coalescing in the Chicano Movement. Chicano art emerged in its wake, questioning cultural stereotypes and championing the complexities of Mexican American culture.