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
Way to make people feel like they are not worthy. She is a woman with a colorful past. She stood next to Robert Kennedy on the day she was shot. She has been arrested more than 20 times and has been brutally beaten by the police. At 84, she remains a steadfast immigrants. I think we have to remind people that unless you are a native american that your people came from somewhere and remind people this country was built by immigrants. Fighting gender inequality a crisis right now, which way we are going to go. If we dont have a strong middle class which means higher wages for people, then we are not going to have a democracy. I spoke to her as she was passing through washltdz. Lets take a closer look at immigration reform. It seems even in a zone thats more than stuck because there are political interests at stake, economic interests at stake, some old allies who are now looking daggers at each other because they cant see eye to eye on this. Whats the case that you make to america that w
He worked at Merrill Lynch 15 years where he developed his management skills and later left corporate life to pursue his calling in pastoral ministry. He leaves behind to cherish his memory his best friend and his loving wife tamara hall man jackson, his parents of washington, d. C. , and ruth jackson, also affectionately known as polly. Shes a leader right here in our own Visitacion Valley community. He left behind four brothers, brian, drew, james, and lorenzo and one brotherinlaw, raphael who resides in hollywood, california. So, please join me in lifting up our dear friend and sister ruth jackson as she mourns the loss of one of her children. On another note, another sad note, i also want to lift up another mother of the Bayview Community that has lost her son. Many of you know ms. Espinola jackson. She recently lost her daughter to a battle of cancer. Ms. Yvonne Jackson Harris was born february 9, 1956. She attended San Francisco Public Schools and in the fourth grade she had alre