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
Latest information. Each week, american artifacts, takes you to historic locations to reveal what artifacts say about american history. Huertasearn about life, how she became involved in activism, and her role with the National Farmworkers movement and the delano grape strike in the 1960s. Is ane we are, this exhibition for dolores where to Dolores Huerta. This is part of our nineyearold series. We said we wanted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the delano grape strike. Ofdid that on an exhibition Dolores Huerta who was, and Cesar Chavezs own words, the coarchitect of the movement with him. She was instrumental to the major achievements of that movement that gave dignity and improved the conditions of migrant farmworkers. Not as many people are familiar erta as they hu are with cesar chavez. We wanted to bring her life and contributions to light. Please come inside. The information starts here with some materials that give a sense of her background and how she got into Community
As 2016 is a president ial election year, the Program Committee assembled a roundtable of scholars willing to talk about president ial leadership, what about its failures gather rather than its successes. This seems particularly timely as the trump juggernaut rolls forward. Just yesterday the clinton and Sanders Campaign engaged in a verbal sparring match about who is the most unqualified to be president. So things are getting interesting. The panel we have here today, all of these scholars, have written about president s who were bad in their own special way. Although it didnt occur to me it did occur to me on the train coming up that bad to whom might be an important qualifier. What did it mean to be a bad president . What counts as bad . How do we define a bad president . And specifically, who might have been the worst president ever. Our panelists are david greenberg, associate professor. Are you cool professor now full professor now . Sorry, a little inside baseball. Associate pro
What artifacts say about american history. Next, a tour an exhibition about the civil activist, dolores wherhuerta. We will learn about huertas life, how she became involved in activism, and her role with the National Farmworkers movement and the delano grape strike in the 1960s. Here we are, this is an exhibition for Dolores Huerta. This is part of our nineyearold series. We said we wanted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the delano grape strike. Which launched of the Farmworkers Movement in september 1965. We did that on an exhibition of Dolores Huerta who was, and Cesar Chavezs own words, the coarchitect of the movement with him. She was instrumental to the 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 bring her life and contributions to light. Please come inside. The information starts here with some materials that give a
Did a lot to advance the cause. And dolores was crucial to the limit to the movement as cesar chavez. The movie her life. Much on her incredible skills as an organizer, her exceptional commitment, her unwavering commitment to social justice. You can watch this another american artifacts programs by visiting our website at cspan. Org history. s now more on Dolores Huerta life story. We talked to her only visited bakersfield, california. Dolores huerta is a civil rights activists who cofounded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962, which became the united farm workers of america. In 2012, president obama awarded her the medal of freedom for her lifes work. Delores huerta i was born in dodson, new mexico and then moved to california when i was six years old. My parents moved us to california. As a teenager we were always harassed by the police. We had a lot of discrimination in high school against all the kids of color. A lot of the kids that were the okie kids as they called them