Chuy Varela Collection
This collection takes its name from Jesse “Chuy” Varela, a Bay Area radio host who frequently interviewed political, activist, and labor figures connected to issues affecting Latin and Central American communities. Topics includes immigration to the US, the 1994 NAFTA treaty, labor issues such as the activism of Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, and the UFW, and related political developments affecting the region (1994 Mexican election, CA Prop 187, Sandinistas, Zapatistas, (EZLN) etc.) and others.
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![Jesse Jackson: Voter Registration Campaign (Part II)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 9/26/1988Call Number: CV 014AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
This is a continuation of Jackson's voter registration speech at U.C. Berkeley on September 26, 1988. He ends his speech by reminding the youth that their vote counts and that the power is in the students' hands to make a difference around the world. He has students come up to register to vote.
In an interview with Jackson he expresses his support for Dukakis and his disapproval of Bush's political positions.
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