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1966: The Starr County Melon Strike and March: Source #4: Photographs of the Strike

1966: The Starr County Melon Strike and March
Source #4: Photographs of the Strike
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  1. Source #1: KHOU-TV News (Houston) Coverage
  2. Source #2: Statement From Eugene Nelson on Police Abuse
  3. Source #3: Newspaper Coverage of the Strike and March
  4. Source #4: Photographs of the Strike
  5. Source #5: Photographs of the March

5. Photographs of the Strike

The photographs below show the Starr County farm workers' strike, which began in June 1966.





A striking farm worker holding a sign reading, "HUELGA"

Workers picketing at La Casita Farms, 1966 (from the collection of Daria Vera)


A striking farm worker holding signs reading, "STRIKE" and "NO PASA"

A striking worker (Photograph courtesy of Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University)


A striking farm worker holding a sign reading, "STRIKE"

A striking worker (Photograph courtesy of Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University)





SOURCES:

The United Farm Worker (UFW) Collection: Strikes; Texas; 1967; Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

SEE ALSO:

United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, “Sons of Zapata: A Brief Photographic History of the Farm Workers Strike in Texas,” 1967, https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/elmalcriado/Frankel/Strike.pdf



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