NO105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: California Agricultural Labor Relations Act Of 1975, Delano Grape Strike, United Farm Workers
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Dolores huerta born in 1930 in new mexico. Father had been both a miner and a worker. Union activist encouraging fellow workers to unite to strive for better working conditions. Elected member of the state legislator in 1938. Her parents divorced when she was young. Grew up with mother in stockton, california. Rests on north/south transportation corridor through california. Mother was very community-minded and became a successful business woman. Poor farm workers found shelter in her hotel. Early on she worked many jobs to support the family. By the time she reached high school, she had an even sense of community activism. Got a sense of how real racism was. Teacher accused her of stealing so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s work bc she was latino. Evening in 1945 on her way to a part she found her brother beaten bc he was wearing a(cid:374) outfit see(cid:374) as (cid:862)too latino(cid:863) By 1955 she was fully engaged in community activism.
