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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
Cayetano Nani reads his poetry
Date: 2/15/1973Call Number: CAA 124Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AztlanProgram: RefleccionesCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Cayetano Nani, an organizer of the UFW, reads his poetry. Rodrigo Reyes translates. Untitled poems deal with the personalities of Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, the life and struggles of the campesino.
Same as CD 384.
Rodrigo Reyes reads the poetry of Luis Talamantez
Reube Ruybal reads Luis Talamantez poem
Cayetano Nani reads his poetry
Date: 2/15/1973Call Number: CD 384Format: CDProducers: Comunicacion AztlanProgram: ReflexionesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Two poems of Luis Talamantez of the San Quentin Six - “Un Lamento” and “Al Pueblo-For Juan Corona.”
Same as CAA 108
Ruben Ruybal reads a poem of Luis Talamantez, with Phil Serrano on guitar. “Juan Lopez Caballos.”
Same as CAA 109
Cayetano Nani, an organizer of the UFW, reads his poetry. Rodrigo Reyes provides some English translation for his poems. Titles for the five poems are not given; however, they deal with the personalities of Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, the life and struggles of the campesino.
Same as CAA 124.
Report on the First Constitutional Convention of the United Farm Workers
Call Number: CAA 043Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Jose Maria Lopez on day one of the First Constitutional Convention of the United Farm Workers at the Falon Arena. Includes interviews with various delegates from the conference.
Viva La Causa: The Story of César Chávez and a Great Movement for Social Justice
Date: 1/1/2008Call Number: CD 633Format: DVDProducers: Bill BrummelCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Focuses on the grape strike and boycott led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in the 1960s. Thousands of people from across the nation joined in a struggle for justice for the workers who put food on our tables.
United Framer Workers: Boycott Against Safeway- 1
Date: 9/20/1989Call Number: CV 247Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Cesar Chavez, along with other organizers and community leaders demand that Safeway stop selling grapes grown with pesticides. Chavez explains that the pesticides are contributing to cancer among farm workers.
United Framer Workers: Boycott Against Safeway - 2
Date: 8/25/1989Call Number: CV 248AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Cesar Chavez, along with other organizers and community leaders rally and demand that Safeway stop selling grapes grown with pesticides. Chavez explains that the pesticides are contributing to cancer among farm workers.
Naming Cesar Chavez Avenue in Berkeley
Latino students and workers march to change the name of University Avenue in Berkeley into Cesar Chavez Avenue in tribute to Cesar Chavez’s struggle for farm workers, minorities, and human rights.
Cesar Chavez Boulevard in Fresno
Date: 11/30/1993Call Number: CV 296Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Debate to rename King’s Canyon, Ventura and California avenues in Fresno to Cesar Chavez Boulevards. Defenders of the Latino community argued that the streets are in communities with large Chicano populations and renaming those streets Cesar Chavez rightfully recognized their inclusion in the Fresno community.
Continuation of CV317
Cesar Chavez Interview
Cesar Chavez explains how police prevented him and his followers from organizing people to boycott grapes because of their contamination by extremely dangerous pesticides. He also describes arrests of protesters including Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962.