Ernesto Galarza papers, 1936-1993.

Draper, Anne, 1917-1973

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BIOGRAPHY Active throughout her life in union activities, Anne Draper achieved prominence in the 1960s as a California leader of various labor, feminist and peace movements. The Delano Grape Strike (1965-1967) gave her the opportunity to demonstrate her support for the farm workers organizing in the San Joaquin Valley. In December, 1965, Draper organized the first Food Caravan to Delano, and by January, 1966, she chaired the San Francisco Lab...

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...

Brockway, Glenn A.

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Yellen, Benjamin.

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Sánchez, George Isidore, 1906-1972

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George I. Sánchez, writer, educator, and civil rights advocate, was born Jorge Isidoro Sánchez y Sánchez on October 4, 1906, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The son of Telésforo and Juliana Sánchez, he attended elementary and secondary public schools in New Mexico and worked as a school teacher, principal, and superintendent while earning his BA from the University of New Mexico (1930). Sánchez received his Master of Science degree in Educational Psychology and Spanish from the Universi...

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...

Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee

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The Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) was chartered by the AFL-CIO in 1960. From the description of Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee records, 1959-1966. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321166 ...

Gorman, Patrick Emmet, 1892-1980

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Galarza, Mae.

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Ruiz, Manuel, 1907-

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Manuel Ruiz, Jr., an attorney and activist in the Mexican American community in Los Angeles, was appointed to the United States Commission on Civil Rights in 1970. From the description of Manuel Ruiz papers, 1931-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462018869 ...

Meany, George, 1894-1980

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Labor official; interviewee d.1980. From the description of Reminiscences of George Meany : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587289 President, AFL-CIO, 1955-1980. George Meany (1894-1980) was elected president of the American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) in 1952. His efforts to unite his organization with its rival, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), was successful, and he was ...

Mitchell, H. L. (Harry Leland), 1906-1989

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Union official. From the description of Reminiscences of H.L. Mitchell : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309734831 ...

Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996

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Governor of California, 1959-1967. From the description of Press conference recording, 1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553823 Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown (1905-1996), born in San Francisco, Calif., was the thirty-second governor of California from 1959 to 1967. From the description of Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10569285 Biographical Note ...

Mitchell, James P.

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Noakes, Frank L.

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San Jose. Unified School District. Studio Laboratory for Bilingual Education.

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Hasiwar, Hank.

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Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970

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Raza Unida Party (Calif.)

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Di Giorgio Fruit Corporation

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Bennett, Fay, 1957-

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National Agricultural Workers' Union

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Williams, Harrison A.

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Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (1919-2001) represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate from 1959 until 1982. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1953 through 1956. A member of the Democratic Party, Williams held leadership positions on the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, the Special Committee on Aging, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on Small Business, among others. From the description of Harrison A. Williams, Jr., pape...

Galarza, Ernesto, 1905-1984

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Mexican American author, historian and lecturer. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was particularly interested in Mexican American farm labor. From the description of Spiders in the house and workers in the field : Video interview transcript, 1971 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500355 Ernesto Galarza, born 1905 in Jalcocotán, Nayarit, Mexico, was a labor organizer, labor historian, author, community organizer, bilingual educator, and university p...

Taylor, Paul S. (Paul Schuster), 1895-1984

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Biography Paul Schuster Taylor (1895-1984), an Iowa-born economist, graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1917. He served as a Marine captain with the Second Division, American Expeditionary Forces in France from 1917 to 1919. At the end of his military service, he resumed his studies at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a Masters degree in 1920, and a Ph.D. in 1922. Joining the Department of Economics immediat...

Pan American Union

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Ximenes, Vicente Treviño

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Anderson, Henry P.

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Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

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In 1978 the Accounting and Administration Department was formed by combining many of the administrative tasks of the President's office with the work done by the accounting office. From the description of Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) records. Record Group 3, Finance and Administration Department, 1967-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866027 The Leadership Development and Activation Project (LDAP) began as a subsection of the Community E...

Quevedo, Eduardo A.

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Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen.

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Guzman, Ralph C.

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Smith, Norman E

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Murray, J.,

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Andrew Ross Murray was buried in Fremantle Cemetery on 4 April 1923. From the description of Permit [manuscript]. 1923. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223702192 ...