And you always had a sense of injustice happening all around you. Stockton, california, i was raised as another Agricultural Community just like bakersfield is so you had a lot of the same dynamics going on there. A lot of people of color did warm work and so it was always like trying to denigrate the people who did farm work and making them feel like they were lesser individuals and that kind of dynamic sort of permeated the whole community. Started in 1942 i believe when we went into the car and they brought in many people from mexico to fulfill the needs of farm labor, and what happened is after the war ended, they kept bringing more and more people in and the local workers and Domestic Workers just dropped to 50 cents an hour and they would bring in others and not hire the local workers. I grew up in stockton, california. I grew up organizing farmers. I formed an association of local Workers Association as part of the aflcio, but i left that organization because i felt that they we
Thank you so much, everybody, were going to move on to our first panel discussion. We are presenting this symposium, called organizing across the boundariries in the struggle for civil rights and justice. When poor people marched on washington, the 68 campaign in black and brown. I will introduce the speakers briefly and then they can come up and begin the discussion. So the first person ill introduce is Gordon Mantler, whos an assistant professor at George Washington university specializing in the history and rhetoric of 20th century social Justice Movements and the africanamerican and Latino History of the United States as well as an oral history and history of film. His first book and focus of his Library Presentation is power to the poor and the fight for Economic Justice 1960 to 1974 and it was published in 2013 in the inaugural volume in the politics and power series of the North Carolina press. Were happy to have him here and hes the recipient of many awards. So were very happy
Its an hour and 20 minutes. Thank you so much, everybody. Well move on to our first panel discussion. I should say my name is steve and im the writer and editor here at the library of congress and were presenting this symposium entitled organizing across the bound rice in the struggle for civil rights and justice. This first Panel Presentation is called when poor people marched on washington taerks , the 68 in black and brown. I will introduce the speakers briefly and then they can come up and begin the discussion. So the first person ill introduce is Gordon Mantler, whos an assistant professor at George Washington university specializing in the history and rhetoric of 20th century social Justice Movements and the africanamerican and latino experience of the United States as well as an oral history and history of film. His first book and focus of his Library Presentation is power to the poor, blackbrown coalition and the fight for Economic Justice 1960 to 1974 and it was published in 2
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Affair of events from washington to you. White house readings and conferences. Gaveling complete gavelto coverage of the house. Cspan, created by the cable tv industry 34 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. Now, you can watch us in hd. A look at the unfolding situation in syria and how humanitarian efforts are being carried out. Million refugees have left for neighboring countries. From washington journal, this is 20 minutes. Host joining us next is dr. Ron waldman, president of doctors of the world usa, joining us to talk about the groups activities among the world with refugees, in particular the syrian refugee camp from which he has recently returned. Thank you for being with us. This is a photo in this weeks new York Magazine with an article and a photograph of a camp. It is open two weeks. It is now home to 120,000 people. The population of hartford, conn. You were recently at this camp. It looks like largely a tent city. What was your experience like .