Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. Wilzoch 86.
Date
[1971?]
Summary
United Farm Workers of America members and supporters hold a rally for the lettuce workers who are on strike against the Finerman Company in Center (Saguache County), Colorado. Men, an African American and a Hispanic American, stand on a stage and men and women look on. Someone holds an American flag and a banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe is tied to a tree.
Description
1 slide: color.
Is Part Of
Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection.;
Item Owned By
Auraria Library
Type of Material
Color slides.; Slides--Color.; Imaged.; Image
Subject
United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; African Americans--1970-1980.; Center (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Demonstrations.; Strikes.; Agricultural laborers.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; African Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Center--Pictorial works.; Strikes and lockouts--Agricultural laborers--Colorado--Center--Pictorial works.; Center (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Source: loan, Mike Wilzoch, 2010.
Rights Contact Information
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; Title derived from inventory.; From inventory: "United Farm Workers of America (UFW) rally in support of the Finerman lettuce strike in Center, Colorado in the San Luis Valley, in the 1970s. (Source Mike Wilzoch)."; R7001524942; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.
