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The United Farm Workers and the Delano Grape Strike
An excerpt from the 1965 FBI investigation of Cesar Chavez and the National Farm Workers Association, based on communist allegations.

An excerpt from the 1965 FBI investigation of Cesar Chavez and the National Farm Workers Association, based on communist allegations.

Citation Information
United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, excerpt from “Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/e8878b0115ecb348edb8e3703087e7fa.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO).
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Item 3 of 15 in the Primary Source Set The United Farm Workers and the Delano Grape Strike

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A photograph of Filipino farm workers picking lettuce, Nagano Farm, Morro Bay, California, ca. 1930.
An excerpt from a report on the geographical distribution and employments of Filipinos in America during the period 1940 to 1945.
An excerpt from the 1965 FBI investigation of Cesar Chavez and the National Farm Workers Association, based on communist allegations.
A NAACP flyer calling for support for the grape boycott, 1965.
A photograph of Delano Grape Strike picketers in Delano, California, February 1966.
The text of a speech given by Robert F. Kennedy about Cesar Chavez during a visit to Delano, California, March 10, 1968.
An open letter to Los Angeles supporters asking them for their continued support of the Grape Strike, 1968.
A 1969 flyer from the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee advising consumer about the dangers of eating grapes sprayed with pesticides.
A photograph of Dolores Huerta of the United Farm Workers speaking at a Moratorium March in downtown Seattle, November 1969.
A photograph of Cesar Chavez speaking at a United Farm Workers gathering at La Escuelita in Granger, Washington, ca. 1969.
An announcement for a rally protesting the arrest of Cesar Chavez, 1970.
A United Farm Workers poster describing Cesar Chavez's vision of political and economic emancipation for farm workers, circa 1970.
A photograph of Cesar Chavez speaking at the Chiquita Bananas boycott, ca. 1970.
A poster calling for a “boycott for democracy” of grapes, 1975.
A United Farm Workers coloring book.

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