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Agbayani Village Sign
Decorations and a sign that reads “Mabuhay Agbayani Village, 1965 – 1972.” Mabuhay is a Tagalog word that can be translated as “long live,” “welcome,” “viva,” or “cheers.”
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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Agbayani Village Dedication Ceremony
Filipino farmworkers celebrate the dedication of the Paolo Agbayani Retirement Village in Kern County, California in June, 1974.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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Agbayani Village Dedication Speakers
César Chávez and Dolores Huerta speak to each other onstage at the Agbayani Village dedication in June, 1974. Standing with them are (left to right): Eliseo Medina, Philip Vera Cruz, Pete Velasco, Mack Lyons, Richard Chávez, and unknown.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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Agbayani Village Construction Planning
Filipino farmworkers plan the construction of the Paolo Agbayani Village in Delano, California in October, 1972. to house retired Filipino farmworkers who had no family in the United States. Back row, fifth from right: Philip Vera Cruz.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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Philip Vera Cruz in a Meeting
Philip Vera Cruz (left) attends a meeting with unidentified man.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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UFW Officials 1977
UFW officials in 1977. Front row (left to right): Dolores Huerta, César Chávez, Philip Vera Cruz. Back row (left to right): Mack Lyons, Richard Chávez, Eliseo Medina, Gilbert Padilla, Marshall Ganz, and Pete Velasco.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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UFW Officials 1976
UFW officials in 1976. Standing, left to right: Marshall Ganz, Phillip Vera Cruz, Richard Chávez, Pete Velasco. Sitting, left to right: Mack Lyons, César Chávez, Gilbert Padilla, Eliseo Medina, Dolores Huerta.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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Philip Vera Cruz in a Boycott Meeting
Philip Vera Cruz (center) and unidentified men at a boycott meeting, circa 1970s.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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AWOC Members in the Delano Grape Strike
Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) members picketing in front of Filipino Community Hall as part of the Delano Grape Strike on September 24, 1965.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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Seattle Times Editorial
A newspaper called The Seattle Times wrote an editorial on its front page that described Filipino migrants as a “problem.” This shows that even in the early 20th century, many Americans had racist attitudes toward Filipino immigrants.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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Seattle Times Front Page
A newspaper called The Seattle Times wrote an editorial on its front page that described Filipino migrants as a “problem.” This shows that even in the early 20th century, many Americans had racist attitudes toward Filipino immigrants.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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“I Want the Wide American Earth”
Carlos Bulosan’s signed poem, “I Want the Wide American Earth,” as part of a fundraiser for Local 37 officers’ legal defense fund, who were facing deportation.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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“Freedom From Want”
A reproduction of The Saturday Evening Post showing Carlos Bulosan’s essay and Norman Rockwell’s painting side-by-side sheds light on the systemic inequities people experience in America.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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On Becoming Filipino
Pictured is the cover of another book of Carlos Bulosan’s On Becoming Filipino, which compiles many of Bulosan’s writings on his experience as a Filipino in America.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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America Is In The Heart 2014 Edition
Pictured here is the cover of Carlos Bulosan’s America Is in the Heart. On the left is the 1973 edition and on the right is the 2014 edition.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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America Is In The Heart 1973 Edition
Pictured here is the cover of Carlos Bulosan’s America Is in the Heart. On the left is the 1973 edition and on the right is the 2014 edition.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union Local 37
The county’s first Filipino-led Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union Local 37 fought for fair treatment and rights, shaping the 1950s labor movement. Carlos Bulosan and Chris Mensalvas, former union leaders, alongside fellow workers in this photo.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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Filipino Cannery Workers
A 1937 image of Filipino cannery workers by Alitak cannery near Akhiok, Alaska captures faces of the manong generation.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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Filipino Alaskeros
Filipino salmon processing workers, known as “Alaskeros,” faced a difficult seasonal migratory lifestyle, spending summers in Alaska, and then working in the “farm factories” of California and eastern Washington during other seasons, to support themselves and their families.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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Filipino Man Processes Fruit
An anonymous Filipino man working to process fruit, circa 1930, illustrates the hard labor and low wages that many Filipino immigrants faced during this time in the United States.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
