Bert N. Corona Papers , 1923-1984

United farm workers

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Collected by Fr. Victor Salandini. From the description of Clippings from first convention, 1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019377 The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) was founded in 1962 by César E. Chávez and other Mexican-American community activists in Delano, California. In 1966, the NFWA merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to form the United Farm Workers of America, the first successful and largest effort ever to organize ag...

Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993

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Cesar Chavez (b. March 31, 1927, Yuma, AZ – d. April 23, 1993, San Luis, AZ) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers union, UFW) in 1962. Originally a Mexican American farm worker, Chavez became the best known Latino American civil rights activist, and was strongly promoted by the American labor movement, which was eager to enroll Hispanic members. His public-relations approac...

Partido Communista Mexicano. Comité Central.

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Comité Nacional Organizacion Sindical de Trabajadores Immigrantes.

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Mexican American Political Association (Calif.)

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Shibley, George.

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Sanchez, Robert

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Corona, Bert N.

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Community and labor organizer for the Mexican American community in Los Angeles during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. In the 1960s political organizer (President of the Mexican-American Political Association) and founding force in La Raza Unida Party, with particular interest in undocumented Mexican workers and immigration problems. Founder of El Centro de Ayuda which evolved into Centro de Acción Social Autónomo (CASA). From the description of Bert Corona papers, 1923-1984. (Unknown). W...

Fierro, Josephina.

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Hermandad Mexicana Nacional, Inc.

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Citizens' Committee for the Defense of Mexican-American Youth

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Centro de Acción Social Autónomo, Hermandad General de Trabajadores.

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United States. Immigration and naturalization service

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A federal act of 1882 established procedures for recording immigrants arriving in the United States. The records maintained by federal immigration officials were often called immigration passenger lists of manifests. From the description of Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Savannah, Ga., 1906-1945. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 174142611 Ellis Island, an island in Upper New York Bay, is named for Samuel Ellis, who acquired land on the i...

Partido Socialista Revolucionario (Mexico)

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National Committee against Repressive Legislation (U.S.)

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The successor organization to the National Committee to Abolish the House Committee on Internal Security; a volunteer organization which pursues "First Amendment rights to oppose repressive laws"; exposes the excesses of the FBI in the suppression of First Amendment Rights. From the description of Collection, 1964-[ongoing]. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 29545658 ...