The Farm Workers' Movement

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Program
The Farm Workers' Movement
Contributing Organization
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University (Stanford, California)
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Description
Program Description
A talk on the farm workers movement. Huerta begins recalling her past efforts, including her time spent with Cesar Chavez, highlighting the struggles and unionization of the workers into the present day. While critical of many employers and the Republican Party, she notes some agricultural companies treat their employees well. She advocates minority studies and affirmative action in higher education, reparations for Native Americans, and the advancement of women and feminism. She decries racist, sexist, and homophobic jokes and materialism. Holding Cuba as an ideal, she questions inequalities in America. She concludes by calling for legalization of all immigrants in America and for young people to vote. The unmoderated question and answer section touches on organic farming and unions.
Series Description
Hoover Institution Library & Archives' Commonwealth Club of California collection guide can be found at: https://www.hoover.org/library-archives/collections/commonwealth-club-california-records.
Date
2003-04-09
Asset type
Program
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Rights
Used with permission of the Commonwealth Club of California.This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the copyright owner.
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Credits
Speaker: Huerta, Dolores
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Stanford University
Identifier: 2003C87.2966 (Hoover Institution Record Number)
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Citations
Chicago: “The Farm Workers' Movement,” 2003-04-09, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed November 24, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-416sx64z1w.
MLA: “The Farm Workers' Movement.” 2003-04-09. Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. November 24, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-416sx64z1w>.
APA: The Farm Workers' Movement. Boston, MA: Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-416sx64z1w