San Joaquin Valley farm labor collection, 1947-1974.

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San Joaquin Valley farm labor collection, 1947-1974.

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The collection includes articles, reports, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, etc., relating to agricultural labor conditions in the San Joaquin Valley. Covered are Cesar Chavez and the UFW, the grape boycott, and the controversy surrounding an Office of Economic Opportunity War on Poverty grant awarded to Chavez in 1965.

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California State University, Fresno, Henry Madden Library

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California State University, Fresno, Henry Madden Library

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