Which is part of our nineyearold series. We wanted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the delano grape strike, which launched of the Farmworkers Movement in september 1965. We did after an exhibition of Dolores Huerta who was, in Cesar Chavezs own words, the coarchitect of the movement with him. She was absolutely instrumental to major achievements of that movement, that gave dignity and improved the conditions of migrant farmworkers. Not as many people are familiar with Dolores Huerta as they are with cesar chavez. We wanted to, for that reason, bring her life and contributions to light. Please come inside. The exhibition starts here with some materials that give a sense of Dolores Huertas background and how she got into community organizing. She was born in dawson, new mexico in 1930. She was the second child of the marriage of Alicia Chavez and juan hernandez. When she was about two years old, her parents divorced. So dolores mother moved with her three children to california. T
Berlin and the African American story and take your questions or historians joining us throughout the day. World war ii 70 years later live from the National World war ii museum, saturday, november 7, beginning at 11 00 a. M. Eastern here on American History tv on cspan3. Next, lorraine agtang, who participated in the 1965 delano grape strike, joins a panel of historians to discuss its history and legacy as well as the early days of the Farmworkers Movement. California State University bakersfield and Bakersfield College cohosted this event. Its about 90 minutes. Mr. Asher the next portion of our program is a Panel Discussion on the history and legacy of the grape strike. It is an honor to have with us one of the heroes of the strike, ms. Lorraine agtang. They started the strike in 1965. Lorraine and her family lived for years in the same farm labor camp outside delano. She was 13 when the strike began. When it was won in 1970, she and her family proudly went to work under union contra
Who participated in the 1965 delano grape strike, joins a panel of historians to discuss its history and legacy as well as the early days of the Farmworkers Movement. California State University bakersfield and Bakersfield College cohosted this event. Its about 90 minutes. The next portion of our program is a Panel Discussion on the history and legacy of the grapestrike the str it is ani honor to have with us one of the heroes of theke. The grape strike. It is an honor to have with us one of the heroes of the strike, ms. Lorraine agtang. She and her family lived for years in the same farm labor camp outside delano. She was 13 when it began. In 1970, she and her family proudly went to work under union contract. Out on strike again in 1973. She was the first manager of the retirement village you saw in delano that the Farmworkers Movement built for elderly and displaced filipino in 1974. Rs in 1975, with the passage of the Agricultural Labor relations act, lorraine organized farmworkers
Strike. She lived for years in the same farm labor camp outside of delano. She was 13 when the strike began in 1970, sheas won and her family went to work under union contract. They walked out on strike again. N 1973 she was the first manager of the retirement village that you saw that thelm near delano Farmworkers Movement built for elderly and misplaced filipino farmworkers in 1974. In 1970 five, with the passage of the Agricultural Labor relations act, they organized farmworkers from multiple ethnicities for the first elections. She has been a dedicated activist with the Farmworkers Movement ever since, and continues to tell the story of the contribution to the movement. Is ms. Mabalon a professor of history at San Francisco State University with an ma in American University studies and a phd from stanford. Her research focuses on Filipino American history historical and cultural preservation and filipinoamerican food ways. Choose the author of a filipina in stockton,nity california
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Oh yes its time to get ready. Indeed. Ive giving you a heads up if you could take your seats. Were going to start our program in a few minutes. Thank you so much. Everyone looks fantastic today. Thank you very much. All right. Hows everybody doing . Yes thank you all for joining us here in beautiful city hall in San Francisco and first off lets give a big round of applause to the bay area Players Group association for the opening music here today. [applause] thank you so much, and were definitely going to celebrate and have a great time. My name is franco finn. Im the warriors emcee for the past 12 seasons . How many warrior fans in the house . I know mayor lee is and proud to say world champions Golden State Warriors and Opening Night last night to the bay area team. We cant wait to bring their team back. Its going to be fantastic in the works, a lot of exciting things. I have been blessed to be part of the a great season and i hope to see you as we