Fred Ross papers, ca. 1910-1992.

Alinsky, Saul David, 1909-1972

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Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) was an American community activist and political theorist. His work through the Chicago-based Industrial Areas Foundation helping poor communities organize to press demands upon landlords, politicians, economists, bankers and business leaders won him national recognition and notoriety. Responding to the impatience of a New Left generation of activists in the 1960s, Alinsky – in his widely cited Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer (1971) – ...

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...

Industrial Areas Foundation

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The Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), founded in Chicago in 1940, trains citizens to organize their own communities. In the 1950s and 1960s, the IAF organized in Chicago, Los Angeles, Buffalo, and Rochester. Later, it developed national training institutes, fostering a network of community organizations. Saul D. Alinsky (1909-1972) developed the IAF's principles of community organization and citizen participation, expressed in his books Reveille for Radicals (1946) and ...

Huerta, Dolores, 1930-

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Dolores Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Cesar Chavez, is a co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta helped organize the Delano grape strike in 1965 in California and was the lead negotiator in the workers' contract that was created after the strike. Huerta has received numerous awards including the Eugene V....

AFL-CIO

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The AFL and CIO merged in 1955 as an umbrella organization for skilled trade and industrial unions. Its regional office in Baltimore represented worker interests against this railroad merger. From the description of AFL-CIO response to merger of Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads, 1962-1963. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 238572652 Created by merger of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955. ...

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...

Feinstein, Dianne, 1933-

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Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician who has served as the senior United States Senator from California since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, she was mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. Born in San Francisco, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University in 1955. In the 1960s, she worked in local government in San Francisco. Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969. She served as the bo...

Lopez, Ignacio.

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Roybal, Edward Ross, 1916-2005

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Edward Ross Roybal (February 10, 1916 – October 24, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a member of the Los Angeles City Council for thirteen years and of the U.S. House of Representatives representing California's 30th and 25th congressional districts for thirty years. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, his family moved to the East Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights when he was a child. After graduating from Roosevelt High School, he joined the Civ...

McCarthy, Mary, 1944-

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American writer. From the description of Letters to Robie Macauley, 1972 & 1978. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959698 ...

Ganley, Mike.

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Koeler, Dave.

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State Relief Administration.

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Tuck, Ruth.

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Ortiz, Francis V. (Francis Vincent), 1926-2005

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Coe, Andy.

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Reilly, Clinton

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National Farm Workers' Union.

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Tarango, Hector.

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Cohen, Ellie.

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Central America Peace Education Training Project.

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Papua New Guinea. National Statistical Office

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Jones, Nick

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McGowan, Blain.

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Dukes, Joe

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International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America

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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters was formed in 1903 from the merger of two teamsters unions to form one large union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. One of the largest and most powerful unions in the country, the Teamsters have been notoriously plagued by corrupt leadership throughout its history. In December 1957, the AFL-CIO ejected the Teamsters from the federation for non-compliance with newly enacted corruption rules. In 1964, Teamsters' president James Hoffa succ...

Bacar, Dan.

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Ríos, Tony.

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Wyler, Barbara

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Burciaga, Dave.

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Guadalupe Organization, Inc.

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California Federation for Civic Unity

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Organizational History Established in March 1946 as the California Councils for Civic Unity; became the California Federation for Civic Unity in 1947. Disbanded in 1956. From the guide to the California Federation for Civic Unity Records, 1945-1956, (The Bancroft Library.) ...

Donoughue, Chris.

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Deety, Joe.

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Medina, Eliseo.

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Lyons, Mark J.

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Mork, Ray.

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Parcel, Bob.

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Rodriguez, Arturo

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American Council on Race Relations

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Ross, Fred, 1910-

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Community and labor organizer, primarily in southern California. In the early 1940s he helped Japanese American internees obtain jobs and in 1946 went to work for the American Council on Race Relations in response to the racial tensions that had surfaced during the war. From 1947 to 1952 he worked for Saul Alinsky and the Industrial Areas Foundation. With their support Ross established the first Community Service Organization in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles. In 1952 he met Cesar Chavez,...

Martinez, David G. (David Gray)

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Macry, Barbara.

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Adler, J. R. (John R.), PhD

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Elliot, Nancey.

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Tobin, Jo M.

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Community Action Training Center.

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War Relocation Authority.

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Nava, Henry.

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Rodrigo, John.

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National Farm Worker Ministry (U.S.)

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Beachy, Bill.

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Hagstrom, Warren O.

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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 ...

Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign

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Pryner, Lois.

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Mendoza, Dolores.

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Community Service Organization

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Brashear, Jenny.

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Hardie, Bob

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Hartmire, Chris.

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Ganz, Marshall, 1943-....

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National Farm Workers Association

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League of United Latin American Citizens

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Organized in February of 1929 in Corpus Christi, TX. Composed mostly of Mexican-American citizens who believe that education is the foundation for the cultural growth and development for people of Latin American descent. Organization provides college scholarships, hot lunches for low-income and under privileged children, Christmas parties for under privileged and promotion of voter registration. From the description of Records, 1970-1989. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: ...

Helstein, Ralph

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Munroy, Sol.

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Survival Institute.

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Costello, Greg

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