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United Farm Workers

 Organization

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Chicano and Latino photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 396 oversize
Scope and Contents

Photographs in this collection include those of activists involved with the United Farm Workers union including Cesar E. Chavez and Dolores Huerta, La Raza Unida party of Colorado and of Young Lords and Latin Kings member Jose Cha Cha Jimenez. Musicians and actors are also included. They include photos of the Fania All-Stars, a group of Puerto Rican musicians featured in the film "Our Latin Thing" and early photos of Ramon Novarre, lead actor in the 1925 film "Ben Hur."

Dates: 1914 - 2005

Chicano/Latino t-shirt and textile collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 456
Scope and Contents The Chicano/Latino T-shirt and Textile collection consists draw upon many Midwest US related themes. Items included are a MSU ChiSPA team shirt for Las Comadres, Dia de la Mujer and other MSU Chicanx student and staff events; shirts from the campaigns of Elena Herrada for the Detroit City Charter Commission and Detroit School Board, the Tony Benavides Lansing Michigan mayoral campaign, and the imprisonment of Puerto Rican FALN member and political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera (President Obama...
Dates: 1974 - 2016

David Khilji papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 348 large
Scope and Contents

This David Khilji Papers​ ​(1999-2001)​ ​relate to Khilji’s interest in campus political activities. Of particular note is the folder on the construction of a memorial fountain at EMU honoring union labor organizer and President of the United Farm Workers, Cesar E. Chavez.

Dates: 1999-2001

DON’T BUY GRAPES: UFWOC ALF-CIO

 File — Box 1, Item: 82
Abstract

Black lettering with orange background. Black eagle on left hand side.

Dates: approximately 1960-1989

Don’t Buy Non-UFW Grapes

 File — Box 1, Item: 63
Abstract

UFW seal on right side. Orange font with black background.

Dates: approximately 1960-1989

El Pueblo Con McGovern

 File — Box 1, Item: 73, 75
Abstract

UFW seal on left side. Black font with orange background.

Dates: approximately 1960-1989

Humphrey for President

 File — Box 1, Item: 78
Abstract

UFW seal on left side. Aldine Co., L.A. Cal. 90015. Orange font with brown background.

Dates: approximately 1960-1989

I Support Farmworkers

 File — Box 1, Item: 58, 60
Abstract

Thunderbird seal on right side with Farmworkers above and AFL-CIO below. Black font and yellow background. Distributed by El Taller Grafico, United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Box 62, Keene, California 93531.

Dates: approximately 1960-1989

I Support Farmworkers

 File — Box 1, Item: 59
Abstract

Thunderbird seal on right side with Farmworkers above and AFL-CIO below. Orange font on brown background.

Dates: approximately 1960-1989

Michigan Grape Protest Banners

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 697
Scope and Contents

The Michigan Grape Protest Banners collection contains two banners related to grape protests at Michigan universities. The organizations represented on these banners include LASO (Latin American Student Organization), Culturas de las Razas (CRU) - a pan-Latino student organization for college students, and MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán).

Dates: approximately 1994

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Archival Object 22
Collection 7
 
Subject
Bumper stickers. 21
Hispanic American agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- California. 18
Boycotts -- United States. 11
United States 10
Grape industry -- California. 7
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Keene (Calif.) 5
Los Angeles (Calif.) 4
Boycotts -- Unitied States -- Sources 3
California 3
Lettuce industry -- California. 3
Hispanic Americans -- Political activity. 2
Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- Law and legislation -- California. 1
Banners 1
Chicano movement -- History -- Sources. 1
Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday) 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
College students -- Political activity -- Michigan -- Archives 1
Grape Strike, Calif., 1965-1970. 1
Grape industry -- California -- Sources 1
Hispanic American actors -- Photographs 1
Hispanic American agricultural laborers -- Sources 1
Hispanic American college students -- Political activity -- Michigan -- Archives 1
Hispanic American college students -- Political activity -- Sources. 1
Hispanic American musicians -- Photographs 1
Hispanic Americans -- History -- Photographs 1
Hispanic Americans -- Michigan -- Politics and government -- Archives 1
Hispanic Americans -- Political activity -- Sources 1
Lansing (Mich.) -- Politics and government. 1
Mexican American actors -- Photographs 1
Mexican American college students -- Michigan -- East Lansing 1
Mexican American college students -- Michigan -- Ypsilanti. 1
Mexican American college students -- Political activity -- Michigan -- Archives 1
Mexican American musicians -- Photographs 1
Mexican Americans -- History -- Photographs 1
Mexican Americans -- Michigan -- Lansing. 1
Mexican Americans -- Michigan -- Politics and government -- Archives 1
Mexican Americans. 1
Photographs 1
Political campaigns -- Michigan -- Sources 1
Political posters 1
Presidents -- United States -- Elections -- 1968. 1
Presidents -- United States -- Elections -- 1972. 1
Protest movements -- Michigan -- Sources 1
Records (Documents) 1
Saginaw (Mich.) -- Politics and government. 1
Strikes and lockouts -- Agricultural laborers -- California. 1
Strikes and lockouts -- Agricultural laborers -- United States -- Sources 1
Strikes and lockouts -- Grape industry -- California. 1
Student movements -- Michigan -- East Lansing -- Sources 1
Student movements -- Michigan. 1
Supermarkets. 1
T-shirts 1
Truck drivers -- Labor unions -- California. 1
Wine industry -- California. 1
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