It culminated in the Coachella Valley strike in 1965, and then the Delano Grape strike. So, Larry was the one that brought it into the final chapter of victory,” said Silva. Eliseo was not the ...

In many ways, Filipino farmworkers and labor organizers had prepared for the Delano Grape Strike for decades. Dawn Mabalon, professor of history at San Francisco State University, says they’d been ...

Cesar Chavez was born on March 31, 1927. He would grow to lead strikes and become one of the greatest US farm worker organizers of the 20th Century. This is a bonus episode of Stories of Resistance.

The leaders loom in front of grape fields, calling back to the 1965 Delano Grape Strike, consumer boycott and union fight to secure higher wages for farmworkers.

On March 31, also known as Cesar Chavez Day, unions and workers from across California converged on Delano, home of the historic Delano Grape Strike that began the struggle of the United Farm Workers.

Johnny Itliong grew up in California's grape fields. His father Larry Itliong helped lead the Delano Grape Strike in 1965. Johnny came to StoryCorps to share stories about his dad with his own son.

Nov. 20 (UPI) --The U.S. Labor Department inducted three Filipino labor leaders, who led California's Delano Grape Strike in 1965 to win higher wages and better working conditions for farmworkers ...

The park is named after the 1,500 Filipino-American agricultural workers, or “manongs,” who participated in the Delano Grape Strike of 1965. Manong is an Ilocano term that means older brother ...