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Poetry by Alejandra Degadillo & Report on the First Constitutional Convention of the United Farm Workers
Call Number: CD 311Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
The first half of this CD includes poetry read by Chicana poet Alejandra Delgadillo. Her poems include “La Lola”, “Lagrimas en la noche triste”, Vivir, morir”, “Lagraria de una Chicana”, & “Was I”. The second half of the CD is a report by Jose Maria Lopez on day one of the First Constitutional Convention of the United Farm Workers at the Falon Arena. Also included are interviews with various delegates from the conference including a farm workeer from Ohio, a Coca-Cola worker from Florida, and a delegate from Coachella.
COPY of:
2nd half of CAA 019 & all of CAA 043
Excerpts from Bishop Romero and Dolores Huerta speeches
Call Number: CD 415Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Excerpt from speech by Bishop Romero.
Excerpt from speech by Dolores Huerta.
César Chávez's Funeral - Part 5
Date: 4/29/1993Call Number: CV 241AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Dolores Huerta talks about Cesar Chavez's life and legacy after Chavez's funeral mass.
UFW Rally
Date: 10/19/1988Call Number: CV 274Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Protesting the failure of the grand jury to investigate Dolores Huerta’s case against the police. Also discusses the second UFW grape boycott and nonviolent methods referencing Cesar Chavez’s 36-day hunger strike. Unions of agricultural workers outside of the US like the Jamaican Sugar Cane Workers are also discussed.
Dolores Huerta Interview
Huerta discusses the third grape protest and a new documentary. Also about pro’s and con’s of the new Immigration Bill, the status of women in the Labor Movement and the ongoing strike in Watsonville.
Dolores Huerta 65th Birthday - Part 1
Date: 4/29/1995Call Number: CV 298Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy ValeraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
65th birthday celebration for Dolores Huerta. She looks back on her work in the UFW since she co-founded it with Cesar Chavez. Her supporters pay tribute to her resoluteness and all her dedicated work with the United Farm Workers. Also UFW’s president Arturo Rodriguez.
Dolores Huerta Tribute
Date: 8/29/1995Call Number: CV 311Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
KPFA radio show and tribute to Dolores Huerta; music is in English and Spanish. Some songs praise Dolores while others explore political messages about the United Farm Workers. Following the music is a short interview with Dolores, reflecting upon her work, leadership and accomplishments.
Dolores Huerta Assault
Date: 9/15/1988Call Number: CV 308AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Much of tape was recorded at press conference against farm workers unions the day after Delores Huerta was brutally attacked by San Francisco PD
UFW Met Life Protest w/ Dolores Huerta
This recording details a protest against Met Life (Metropolitan Life) and features segments and music in both English and Spanish. Topics of the protest include the use of pesticides and the long term effects of that exposure on workers as well as Met Life’s refusal to make concessions with the UFW.
Cesar Chavez and Poem to Spring
Date: 4/24/1993Call Number: FI 235Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Tribute produced the day after the death of Cesar Chavez, with musical selections from and about the struggle of farmworkers to unionize. Extended poem by Lincpln Bergman, "Spring Done Sprung" which summarizes news in US and internationally. Program also pays tribute to Oliver Tambo, Dizzy Gillespie, and others.
