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Last additions - DELANO STRIKE PICKET LINES
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A BILINGUAL PICKET SIGNAug 04, 2008
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AWOC STANDS FOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND NFWA STANDS FOR NATIONAL FARM WORKERS ASSOCIATION. AWOC SPARKED THE DELANO GRAPE STRIKE, AND THE NFWA JOINED WITH THEM TWO WEEKS LATER.Aug 04, 2008
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DELANO STRIKER, ROBERTO BUSTOS, GESTURES WITH THIS HAND TO MAKE HIS POINT WITH A STRIKEBREAKER.Aug 04, 2008
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ROBERTO BUSTOS WAS A DELANO STRIKER, HE WAS ALSO APPOINTED AS THE CAPTAIN OF THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO AND PERFORMED HIS ASSIGNMENT WITH GREAT HONOR AND DISTINCTION.Aug 04, 2008
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DELANO STRIKERS SURROUND A CAR FULL OF STRIKEBREAKERS AS IT ENTERS THE STRUCK FIELD. Aug 04, 2008
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THREE TEENAGE FARMWORKERS JOIN THEIR PARENTS ON THE PICKET LINE. Aug 04, 2008
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GRANDDAUGHTER OF DELANO STRIKER, FELIX ZAPATA, TAKES UP HER FAVORITE POSITION WHENEVER SHE VISITED THE PICKET LINE.Aug 04, 2008
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PHOTOGRAPHER JON LEWIS WAS NEVER MARRIED, NOR DID HE HAVE CHILDREN, BUT HIS PHOTOS OF THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT PRODUCED SOME OF THE MOST TENDER PHOTOS OF CHILDREN IMAGINABLE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.Aug 04, 2008
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THIS PHOTO SHOT IS FROM ALMOST DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. JON LEWIS, A FORMER MARINE, HAD TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE TO HAVE CLIMBED UP A UTILITY POLE AND POSITION HIMSELF FOR THIS SHOT.Aug 04, 2008
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PHOTOGRAPHER JON LEWIS NEVER MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOOT REFLECTIONS OF THE DELANO STRIKERS. HERE HE USES THE FIELD IRRIGATION WATER.Aug 04, 2008
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FARMWORKER FELIPE CANTU WAS ONE OF THE DELANO STRIKERS AND LATER STARRED IN MANY OF THE ACTOS OF EL TEATRO CAMPESINO.Aug 04, 2008
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ON OCCASION THE GROWER WOULD DISPATCH A CATEPILLAR TRACTOR TO RUN CLOSE TO THE PICKET LINE. IT WAS AN ACT OF INTIMIDATION AND TO SHOW WHO WAS BOSS.Aug 04, 2008
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