1946: The first latina/student of color to graduate from Swarthmore College (received a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in History and Literature)
1948-53: Betita sought her first job out of college at the United Nations in hopes of helping end the horrors of war. As a researcher in the Secretariat
1965: The first book Betita wrote was called Letters from Mississippi, in which she edited letters that were written to family and friends by the seven hundred volunteers who went to Mississippi in the summer of 1964 to help register black voters.
1968-73: She co-founded and edited the bilingual movement newspaper El Grito del Norte
1991: Published book 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures Second Edition
1997: Cofounded and currently directs the Institute for Multiracial Justice in San Fransisco (“aims to strengthen the struggle against white supremacy by serving as a resource center to help build alliances among peoples of color and combat divisions”)
1998: Published her book De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Cultural Century
May 2000: Awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws
2006: Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
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