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Claudio Beagarie Photographs of California Farm Workers

When the United Farm Workers began striking for higher wages and better living conditions in the early 1960s, the inequities that Chicano and Latino workers faced were grim. They worked for subsistence wages, with no health care and no job security. Over a period of a decade, Cezar Chavez and other labor leaders garnered national support for the plight of working families in California, Texas, and other states, and won a number of legal and social victories. Part of the Albertsons Library Digital Collections at Boise State University, these photographs by photojournalist Claudio Beagarie document the struggle. Taken between 1965 and 1967, the black and white stills depict farm workers' and their families in their homes, in the fields, and marching with Cesar Chavez. The collection is searchable, browsable, and features many stirring images from this moment in the labor rights movement.
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February 27th, 2015
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February 27th, 2015 at 9:03am
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February 27th, 2015 at 9:42am
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