FARMWORKER MOVEMENT
The website features the visual history of the farmworker movement as captured by photographers Emmon Clarke and John Kouns. The site includes additional resources, like oral histories, videos, and a timeline, to learn more about the people and the events that shaped the history of la causa.
Timeline
1962-1975
This timeline starts with the inaugural convention of the Farm Workers Association in Fresno in 1962 and ends with the passage of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act in 1975—a landmark law that established the right of collective bargaining for farmworkers for the first time in the United States.
Timeline
1962-1975
This timeline starts with the inaugural convention of the Farm Workers Association in Fresno in 1962 and ends with the passage of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act in 1975—a landmark law that established the right of collective bargaining for farmworkers for the first time in the United States.
El Teatro Campesino
Luis Valdez talks about the aesthetics and origins of El Teatro Campesino during a presentation at CSUN of his new book, “Theatre of the Sphere: The Vibrant Being,” with Theatre professor Jorge Huerta.
El Teatro Campesino
Luis Valdez talks about the aesthetics and origins of El Teatro Campesino during a presentation at CSUN of his new book, “Theatre of the Sphere: The Vibrant Being,” with Theatre professor Jorge Huerta.
Dolores Huerta
One of the founders of the United Farm Workers (UFW), she started working as an activist in the 1950s, leading voter registration drives and teaching citizenship classes for the Stockton chapter of the Community Service Organization (CSO).
Dolores Huerta
One of the founders of the United Farm Workers (UFW), she started working as an activist in the 1950s, leading voter registration drives and teaching citizenship classes for the Stockton chapter of the Community Service Organization (CSO).
Larry Itliong
Larry Itliong was one of the most important Filipino labor leaders of the Agricultural Worker Organizing Committee (AWOC), together with Ben Gines and Philip Vera Cruz.
Larry Itliong
Larry Itliong was one of the most important Filipino labor leaders of the Agricultural Worker Organizing Committee (AWOC), together with Ben Gines and Philip Vera Cruz.
Explore the Do-It-Yourself Exhibition
The Do-It-Yourself (DIY) exhibition is designed to allow—in the spirit of the Farmworker Movement—schools, unions, and other community and non-profit organizations to print and mount their exhibition on the Farmworker Movement with images and QR codes to access our digital collection.
Explore the Timeline 1962-1975
This timeline starts with the inaugural convention of the Farm Workers Association in Fresno in 1962, and ends with the passage of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act in 1975, a landmark law that establish the right of collective bargaining for farmworkers for the first time in United States.
VISIT OUR DIGITAL COLLECTION WEBSITE
The farmworker movement of the 1960s and 1970s forged a broad coalition of workers, students, activists, and religious allies that won most of its early battles leveraging its diversity and pushing the country towards a more perfect union.
VISIT OUR DIGITAL COLLECTION WEBSITE
The farmworker movement of the 1960s and 1970s forged a broad coalition of workers, students, activists, and religious allies that won most of its early battles leveraging its diversity and pushing the country towards a more perfect union.
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