Barbara Carrasco papers, ca. 1971-1997.

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...

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....

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...

Gamboa, Harry

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Harry Gamboa, Jr. (1951- ) is a painter, writer, photographer, and video artist from Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Harry Gamboa, Jr., 1999 Apr. 1-16 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82194672 Chicano artist, born in East Los Angeles in 1951. Primarily uses photography but also video, live performance and writing. From the description of Photographs, 1972-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122369479 ...

Carrasco, Barbara, 1955-

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Mexican American artist. From the description of Barbara Carrasco papers, ca. 1971-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866736 The print was designed and created by artist Barbara Carrasco and printed at Self Help Graphics by master printer Joe Apuche in November of 1999. From the description of Dolores : silkscreen print of labor leader Dolores Huerta, 1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644501 Barbara Carrasco (1955-) is a painter a...

Olmos, Edward James

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Molina, Gloria

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Gloria Molina, b. 1948, became the first Latina member of the California State Assembly in which she served from from 1982-1987, after which she was elected to the Los Angeles City Council, the first Latina member to be elected. In January 1991 she was elected to a seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. From the description of Oral history interview with Gloria Molina, 1990 : oral history transcript / by Carlos Vásquez. Oral History Program, University of California, L...