Lincoln High School Letterman sweater
date: label: date made
content: 1968
name: label: friend
content: Crisostomo, Paula
label: friend
content: Alarcon, Cassandra Zacarias
label: friend
content: Baca, Celeste
notes: label: Description
content: For well over a century, Latinx youth and especially young women, have been at the forefront of social, cultural, and political change in the United States. Yet, their histories have been marginalized or ignored by mainstream U.S. institutions of public memory and national consciousness. Their strivings for the right to education have brought both better lives and hope to the generations of Latinas and Latinos who have come after them. Chicanas carved out spaces of resistance within a movement that relied on the labor of women but privileged Chicano masculinity and leadership. Their leadership in the East Los Angeles Walkouts of 1968 to demand educational equality inspired generations of students from all backgrounds and changed American education forever. Yolanda Rios was one of the organizers of these Walkouts and her insights and objects allow us to highlight the work and honor the legacies of these young Latinas and Latinos. The Lincoln High School letterman sweater from when she was a student in 1968 was donated by Yolanda Rios.
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
label: Associated Place
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
topic: label: use
content: Education
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Yolanda Rios
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2022.0254.02
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0254.02
label: accession number
content: 2022.0254
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letterman sweater
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: burgundy; black; cream (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall (cuff to cuff): 24 in x 35 in; 60.96 cm x 88.9 cm