American History Tellers

United Farm Workers | Birth of a Movement | 1

May 10, 2023

41:09

Episode guests

Cesar Chavez

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Importance of Audible

3min

The United Farm Workers: A History Teller's Guide

3min

The Zoot Suit Attacks in Los Angeles

4min

Fred Ross: A Social Worker and Community Organizer

2min

The Power of Organizing in East Los Angeles

2min

The Story of Fred Ross and the Community Service Organization in Los Angeles

4min

The Everglades and Conservation

5min

The Rise and Fall of the CSO

4min

10.

The CSO's Financial Troubles

2min

11.

The CSO's Priorities for the New Year

2min

12.

Flipping the Bird, Elon vs Twitter

3min

13.

The History of the National Farm Workers Association

5min

14.

The Protracted Strike of Larry Itlyong

5min

15.

Think Twice Michael Jackson

2min

In the 1940s and ‘50s, farm laborers in California, many of them Mexican and Filipino, faced low wages and brutal working conditions. Their demands for change were often met with harsh tactics from the powerful growers. Soon, a plainspoken but magnetic labor organizer named Cesar Chavez stepped forward to rally workers in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Chavez and his allies joined forces to call an unprecedented strike, giving birth to the United Farm Workers of America.

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