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A WONDERFULLY CRAFTED FRAME SHOWING A DELANO STRIKER ON THE PICKET LINE.Jun 03, 2009
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AWOC STOOD FOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND WAS MOSTLY COMPOSED OF FILIPINO WORKERS. AWOC STARTED THE DELANO GRAPE STRIKE, THE NFWA JOINED TWO WEEKS LATER.Jun 03, 2009
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DELANO WINTERS BROUGHT WEEKS OF TULE FOG AND A DAMP COLD THAT CUT TO THE BONE. DURING ONE WINTER, I WENT FORTY DAYS WITHOUT SEEING THE SUN.Jun 03, 2009
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PHOTOGRAPHER JON LEWIS CLEVERLY FRAMES THE DELANO STRIKER AND HIS GRANDDAUGHTER ON THE PICKET LINE.Jun 03, 2009
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WOMAN FORMED THE BACKBONE OF THE DELANO STRIKE - INDEFATIGABLE AND TOUGH AS NAILS!Jun 03, 2009
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THE HUELGA PICKET SIGNS REMIND ME OF THE STANDARDS THAT ROMAN CENTURIONS CARRIED WITH THEM.Jun 03, 2009
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LIKE MOST PEOPLE, FARMWORKERS WERE SHY AND HESITANT ABOUT SPEAKING UP IN PUBLIC. HERE A YOUNG WOMAN STRIKER LEARNS HOW TO USE A MEGAPHONE TO BROADCAST HER MESSAGE.Aug 27, 2008
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S & W FOODS WAS OWNED BY DIGIORGIO FRUIT CORPORATION. THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE VERY EARLY DAYS OF THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT ENGAGED IN BOYCOTTING. YEARS LATER THE FARMWORKER BOYCOTT BECAME A NATIONAL MOVEMENT.Aug 27, 2008
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FARMWORKERS LISTEN TO CARLTON GOODLETT WHO WAS A CALIFORNIA CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.Aug 27, 2008
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DELANO STRIKER USING THE MEGAPHONE TO MAKE HIS MESSAGE HEARD A HUNDRED YARDS AWAY.Aug 27, 2008
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DELANO STRIKER PLEADING PASSIONATELY WITH STRIKEBREAKERS TO JOIN THE CAUSE OF THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT.Aug 24, 2008
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PHOTOGRAPHER JON LEWIS LOOKED FOR NOBLENESS IN THE FACES OF DELANO STRIKERS.Aug 24, 2008
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