Rebecca Flores with Cesar E. Chavez, 1989
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
- Creation: 1989
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 2 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This 11” x 14” black and white photograph shows Rebecca Flores at a Grape boycott march at the HEB foodstore at Riverside and Pleasant Valley Road. Flores grew up on her parents small Texas farm in Atascosa County. She earned an undergraduate degree in sociology from St. Mary's University and a master's degree in community organizing from the University of Michigan in 1972. After graduation she began working for the United Farm Workers and was appointed state dirctor by Cesar Chavez in 1975. Flores organized Texas farm workers in boycotts and union political campaigns. She lobbied the Texas Legislature, winning enactment of important legislation on workers benefits and rights such as unemployment insurance, field sanitation, minimum wage, pesticide right-to-know and abolition of the short-handled hoe.
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository