Farm Workers collection, 1964-1977.

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Farm Workers collection, 1964-1977.

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The collection consists mainly of annual reports to the Board of Directors of the National Sharecroppers Fund on the condition of farm workers, 1964-1968. The reports provide data and insight into the social and political conditions, the accomplishments, setbacks, and outlook of/for hired farm workers, migratory farm workers, and sharecroppers in the United States in the 1960s. Rural poverty, child labor, health and safety issues, housing, and education are discussed in the reports. Institution of federal programs such as farm subsidies and minimum wage are documented, as are protests, union organizing, and strikes. Reports were all written by Fay Bennett, Executive Director of NSF. The collection also includes a few flyers and a calendar produced by the United Farm Workers, espousing their causes, which included decent housing, a decent living wage, safety measures in the use of pesticides, and the right to be treated with respect and dignity. Flyers call for supporting farm workers by boycotting non-union lettuce and grapes.

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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National Sharecroppers' Fund (U.S.)

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The Southern Rural Training Project was sponsored by the Southern Sharecroppers' Fund and funded through the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity. The project was designed to assist in the development of community action, education, and job-training programs in the rural areas of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. From the description of Southern Rural Training Project records, 1967-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476694 ...

United Farm Workers Organizing Committee

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The Independent Workers Association was organized by Eugene Nelson in the Rio Grande Valley in 1966. It affiliated that year with the National Farm Workers Association which then merged soon after with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to form the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. Though represented heavily with Mexican-Americans the migrant farm workers movement also included white and black farm workers. From the guide to the Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Move...