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H4M5A Lunoid 6, June 2025, oil on canvas, 30x20in.
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H4M5A Lunoid 6, June 2025, oil on canvas, 30x20in.
As an attorney practicing farmworker law out of Detroit, I love this mural.
Farmworker bringing in the harvest, Sussex, England, ca. 1937 - by Edward Malindine (1906 - 1970), UK
This Chicano started off as a Farmworker turned NASA Astronaut now producing wine out of his own Central California Vineyard.
"Commemorating my 1st day in space 11 years ago by reminding folks that no matter what situation you find yourself in that with hard work, an education and perseverance you too can reach your dream! Always be proud of your roots & familia!" - Jose Hernandez
“Ar, I heard it.”
Some very fine farmer acting by George Lee.
The Time Monster - season 09 - 1972
Worker in a sugarcane field. Popular botany. v.1. 1913.
Internet Archive
I learned about union organizer Larry Itliong in a Honolulu-based study group led by Filipina activists and scholars.
The more I learn about the multiracial and multilingual farmworkers strikes of the 20th century, the more I think anything is possible. Truly.
Delano Grape Strike succeeded because of the farmworkers’ refusal to let the growers pit Mexican Americans and Filipino Americans against one another. I recently read a book geared for middle school students on the role Filipino farmworkers played in the strike. It’s always the small details that get me. Itliong was known as “Seven Fingers” as he had lost three fingers when working in fisheries.
In California, a 2013 mandate requires public schools teach the history of Fil Am involvement. And October 25 is Larry Itliong Day.
Top image: Cesar Chavez and Larry Itliong talk in front of the NFWA headquarteres in Delano, California.
Larry Itliong Leads the Way for Farmworkers' Rights (2019) by Rose Zilka.
Bottom image, original caption in the book: “A Filipino farmworker cuts cauliflower near Santa Maria, California in 1937.″
Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong (2018) by Dawn Mabalon, Gayle Romasanta (interview with the authors)