Dolores Huerta

Dolores Huerta

female, 79 years old
Dolores C. Huerta, san joaquin valley, leader, Member of the Democratic Socialists of America, American, UnitedFarmWorker…United Farm Workers of America
Dolores C. Huerta (born April 10, 1930) is the co-founder and First Vice President Emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO (UFW)....
César Chávez

César Chávez

male, deceased (1993)
vegan, Chicano, Mexican-American history, nonviolence, Roman Catholic, activist…United States Navy sailor, migrant worker, UnitedFarmWorker, National Farm Workers Association
César Estrada Chávez was a Mexican American (Chicano) farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Wo...
Miguel Contreras

Miguel Contreras

male, deceased (2005)
Mexican American, central valley, agricultural, labor, activist, Labor leader…Immigration to the United States, UnitedFarmWorker
Miguel Contreras was an American labor leader. He "was known as a king-maker for both local and state politicians." Contreras was born in the...
Eliseo Medina

Eliseo Medina

male
Mexican American, United States immigration debate, U.S. national immigration reform, Agricultural Labor Relations Act, Bracero, UnitedFarmWorker…Midwestern United States
Eliseo Medina is a labor activist who, in 2007, is involved in proposals for U.S. national immigration reform. Medina, born in Huanusco, Zacatecas,...
Philip Vera Cruz

Philip Vera Cruz

male, deceased (1994)
industrial worker of the world, Asian American, Labor leader, Filipino American, American, from California…UnitedFarmWorker
Philip Vera Cruz (December 25 1904-June 12 1994) was a Filipino-American labor leader, farmworker, and leader in the Asian-American civil rights...
Juli Loesch

Juli Loesch

female, 58 years old
Cleveland, UnitedFarmWorker, from Yellow Springs, Ohio, nuclear weapons, Yellow Springs, Operation Rescue…Catholic Worker
Julianne ("Juli") Loesch (married name: "Julianne Wiley" or "Juli Loesch Wiley") is a pro-life activist and former media coordinator for Operation...
Elizabeth Furse

Elizabeth Furse

female, 73 years old
kenyan, From Nairobi, Democrat, nairobi, From Portland, Oregon, From Oregon…UnitedFarmWorker, United States citizen, naturalized citizen of the United States
Elizabeth Furse (born October 13, 1936) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999, representing the 1st District...
Arthur Torres

Arthur Torres

male
Willie Lewis Brown, Jr., California Democratic Party, California State Legislature, State Assembly, Willie Brown, California Insurance Commissioner…UnitedFarmWorker, United States House elections
Arthur "Art" Torres is the current Chairman of the California Democratic Party, a position he has held since 1995, and is the first Latino in the...

Paul Johnston

male
Yale University, Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, UnitedFarmWorker, Labor historian, Salinas, Service Employees International Union
Paul Johnston is an author and scholar whose focus is on labor and immigration issues. He serves as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Monterey Bay...
Lupe Anguiano

Lupe Anguiano

female, 80 years old
Roman Catholic, Feminist, activist, Labor leader, Trade unionist, American…UnitedFarmWorker
Lupe Anguiano , an indefatigable champion of social justice, is widely known for her work on women’s rights, the rights of the poor, and the pr...