Larry Itliong
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Modesto "Larry" Dulay Itliong, also known as "Seven Fingers", was a Filipino-American union organizer. He organized West Coast agricultural workers starting in the 1930s, and rose to national prominen
Itliong's gravestone in Delano's North Kern Cemetery
Delano grape strike
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The Delano grape strike was a labor strike organized by the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, a predominantly Filipino and AFL-CIO-sponsored labor organization, against table grape growers in
César Chávez (seated) shakes hands with John Giumarra Jr. after signing an agreement to end the strike
The Forty Acres complex in Delano was made a National Landmark in 2008
Dolores Huerta holding a Huelga (strike) sign
United Farm Worker's strike in Delano