A Personal History of Filipino Immigrants and the Farmworkers Movement
by
Lilia Villanueva, Craig Scharlin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Filipino farmworkers sat down in the grape fields of Delano, California, in 1965 and began the strike that brought about a dramatic turn in the long history of farm labor struggles in California. Their efforts led to the creation of the United Farm Workers union under Cesar Chavez, with Philip Vera...