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Demonstration Signs
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Obreros Unidos (United Workers) demonstrators painting signs at a Milwaukee rally. In the background, a man is painting the National Farmworker's (NFW) Aztec eagle symbol on a poster. The message on the poster says: "Mi raza primero/Viva NFW (My race first/Long live NFW)." Another sign on the ground says "Chicano Power" with a raised fist symbol at its center.This photograph is a part of Wisconsin-native David Giffey's series "Struggle for Justice," images from the migrant farm worker struggle including an independent organizing effort in Wisconsin and the nationwide grape boycott movement started by Cesar Chavez of United Farm Workers during the 1960s and 1970s.Letreros para una demostraciónDemostradores de Obreros Unidos están pintando unos letreros durante una manifestación en Milwaukee. Hacia el fondo, un hombre está pintando en un póster el símbolo usado por National Farmworkers (NFW) de una águila Azteca. El mensaje en el póster dice: "Mi raza primero/Viva NFW." Otro letrero en el suelo dice "Poder Chicano" ("Chicano Power") con el símbolo de un puño al centro. Esta fotografía es parte de la serie "Lucha por la Justicia" tomada por David Giffey, originario de Wisconsin, las imágenes muestran la lucha de los trabajadores agrícolas emigrantes incluyendo un esfuerzo independiente organizado en Wisconsin y el movimiento nacional del boicot de uvas empezado por Cesar Chávez de la unión de campesinos o United Farm Workers durante los años 1960 y 1970.
1969
Giffey, David
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Madison UFW Benefit at People's Park
1969
A benefit gathering at James Rector People's Park to support the United Farmworkers (UFW) grape boycott. The UFW sign, with its eagle symbol, posted in the foreground says, "Viva la Huelga/Viva la...
Mary Alice Martinez in Picket Line
1969
Mary Alice Martinez from Appleton is picketing to boycott grapes. She is carrying two signs. On the right, "Boycott Grapes in Neenah and everywhere." On the left, "Honor Picket Line/Meat Cutters Su...
Transporting Migrant Workers
1970
Chicano migrant farm workers being transported to a field on a cold Texas winter morning on the back of a truck.This photograph is a part of Wisconsin-native David Giffey's series "Struggle for Jus...
Car with Grape Boycott Sign
1969
A sign on the roof of a car that says, "Grapes = Poverty" supporting the United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO grape boycott. The car is parked on a street in front of the Milwaukee County War Memorial....
La Voz Headlines
September 1969
Piles of "La Voz Mexicana" (The Mexican Voice) newspapers at the Wautoma office of Obreros Unidos (United Workers). The headline says, "Hartford Contract is Unfair," referring to the cannery worker...
Strikers in Cucumber Field
1967
A group of young migrant farm laborers leaving a cucumber field in a Chevy station wagon for a union rally in Portage. Three children are looking at the camera.This photograph is a part of Wisconsi...
