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Farm workers, grape boycott, Marie Arriola (Ralph Arriola's first wife), Cesar E. Chavez, Paul Schrade, Wlater Reuther, May Reuther, United Auto Workers strike, and Sal Castro

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection consists of Ralph Arriola's collection of photographs, clippings, ephemera, and books. The predominant subject of the material is the Chicano Moratorium that occurred on August 29, 1970. The Chicano Moratorium, previously called the National Chicano Moratorium Committee, was a Los Angeles-founded organized movement of Chicano and Mexican-American activists who opposed the Vietnam War. The Chicano Moratorium activists were mainly students from Los Angeles colleges and high...