March for Justice Cesar E. Chavez, San Antonio TX 2014., 2014
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 commuted Lopez Rivera's sentence on January 17, 2017. Rivera lived in Chicago before capture and was held in an Indiana federal prison.). Other t-shirts commemorate United Farm Worker Union boycotts of Gallo Wine products and Cesar E. Chavez.
Dates
- Creation: 2014
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open and available for research in the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections' reading room.
Extent
From the Collection: 3 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
White with red and black lettering; UFW icon with profile of Chavez and farm workers and strike signs, short sleeve shirt; cotton; medium. Reverse: union flag and slogan; phone number and AARP San Antonio sponsor logo. Gift of Jaime Martinez.
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository