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Fred Ross, Cesar Chavez and Lessons for Ferguson
Examines the ability of a community to organize politically to achieve influence in order to achieve social justice and reform urban police practices. Continue reading
Posted in California, Elected Officials
Tagged Cesar Chavez, CSO, Dolores Huerta, Edward Roybal, Jerry Brown, McWilliams
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Understanding Oxnard, Califronia
Curious Unions, an important new book on Mexican Americans in Oxnard, California, has its origins in stories about the author’s grandfather. Continue reading
Posted in Books, California, Unions
Tagged Eisenhower, FDR, JFK, McWilliams, Pat Brown, UFW
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Judge Richard Ibañez, Los Angeles Civic Pioneer
Richard A. Ibañez, 1910–2007, was an early Mexican American attorney and judge who was involved in a variety of civic causes in Southern California. Continue reading
Posted in Activist Profiles, California, Elected Officials, Veterans
Tagged CSO, Henry Wallace, McWilliams, Roybal
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