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5 days ago · They formed the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), with Cesar Chavez as the president. In 1972, the union became affiliated with the AFL-CIO, created a national executive board, and changed their name to the United Farm Workers of America, simply known by their acronym, “UFW.” Cesar Chavez was born in Yuma, Arizona in 1927 ...
1 day ago · Cesario Estrada Chavez ( / ˈtʃɑːvɛz /; Spanish: [ˈtʃaβes]; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist.
6 days ago · What Was HUAC? Originally organized as a minor congressional committee investigating domestic subversion, HUAC (also known as the House Un-American Activities Committee) rose to such power in the late 1940's and early 1950's that the mere threat of investigation by it could ruin a person's career.
- John Devine
- 2016
1 day ago · e. Harry S. Truman [b] (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- May 8, 1884, Lamar, Missouri, U.S.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
2 days ago · Rutherford Birchard Hayes ( / ˈrʌðərfərd /; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881. As an attorney in Ohio, Hayes served as Cincinnati 's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861. He was a staunch abolitionist who defended refugee ...
3 days ago · We, the striking grape workers of California, join on this International Boycott Day with the consumers across the continent in planning the steps that lie ahead on the road to our liberation. As we plan, we recall the footsteps that brought us to this day and the events of this day.
3 days ago · United Automobile Workers (UAW), North American industrial union of automotive and other vehicular workers, headquartered in Detroit, Mich., and representing workers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
