group, most of the United States was unaware of the unjust treatment of Mexican-American people. At the time this movement started the American Southwest had a population of over 5 million Mexican-Americans. People started taking action, hiking hundreds of miles to state capitals to bring awareness to their cause. In the spring of 1966 there was a march from Delano, California, to Sacramento, a distance of 300 miles. That same summer farm workers hiked again in Texas to protest low wages from San Juan to Austin. Mexican-American leaders attended federally sponsored conferences and meetings, and walked out because their needs were not being accurately met or represented. This movement was given influence from the civil rights movement at the time, led by Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Ralph Guzman, a professor in political science and an important figure in the Chicano movement stated in his Viva la Causa article that “Mexican-Americans have drawn from the dramatic struggle of the Negro people. But they have added artistry of their own”. The Chicano movement was not strictly centered around political activism, it was about art, music, vision, pride, culture, and value of participation. Gonzales made sure to lead with strength of character and humility, and encouraged his fellow activists to do the same. Anti-violence was a tactic the Crusade for Justice aimed for, but it was not a goal as it was in the following of MLK. Gonzales knew that the Crusade was being watched closely by the FBI and even the mafia, Chicanos were often mislabeled, and their motives and tactics were demonized by the media. There were no chances to be taken. The Crusade’s goal was to bring justice, to introduce change through struggle, operating within the preset guidelines of the United States judicial system, not to start a war. Gonzales’s character is illustrated in the letter he wrote to S.E.R. (Service-Employment-Redevelopment), an organization that focuses on the needs of Hispanics, specifically in the areas of education, training, employment, business, and economic opportunity. Gonzales wrote to the Chairman of the Board of S.E.R., Mr. Alfredo J. Hernández: “S.E.R., is offering a gateway to a society that offers hypocrisy, sterilization, castration, and neurosis in exchange for the values of integrity that are inherent in our culture—I will not compromise my principles, my ideals and my honor to be seated at the same table with hypocrites.” Dr. Ralph Guzman wrote: “This is