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United Farm Workers | Birth of a Movement | 1
American History Tellers
Fred Ross: A Social Worker and Community Organizer
Fred Ross was a young social worker from Los Angeles who began his career in 1937 during the Great Depression. He focused his efforts on community organizing, especially among the Coachella Valley's many Mexican-American farm workers. His successes drew the attention of an influential community organizer from Chicago named Saul Olensky In August of 1947, Olensky hired Ross to be the IAF's West Coast representative. Within two years Ross would develop a method of organizing that would influence a movement far greater than he could have ever thought.
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