It might have been more than a half-century ago, but the impact of the Delano grape strike will always be felt -- not only in Hispanic history, but labor history in general. On Sept. 8, 1965, a ...

Polly Cardona Pasillas, 88, a striker from 1965 to 1970, wears the color of the United Farm Workers at the 50th anniversary of the grape strike in Delano.

In many ways, Filipino farmworkers and labor organizers had prepared for the Delano Grape Strike for decades. Dawn Mabalon, professor of history at San Francisco State University, says they’d been ...

In 1965, Filipino and Mexican American farm workers in Delano, California, began a strike against area grape growers for equal wages for foreign workers. This historic strike lasted more than 5 years ...

Cesar Chavez was born on March 31, 1927. He would grow to lead strikes and become one of the greatest US farm worker organizers of the 20th Century. This is a bonus episode of Stories of Resistance.

'A central piece to that story is the pivotal role Filipinos played in sparking the Delano Grape Strike of 1965. Larry Itliong played a critical role in that transformative evening 50 years ago.' ...

Johnny Itliong grew up in California's grape fields. His father Larry Itliong helped lead the Delano Grape Strike in 1965. Johnny came to StoryCorps to share stories about his dad with his own son.

The name César Chávez is extra special to Kern County, as the years-long grape strike, for which Chávez is often remembered, happened right here in Delano. “The work began here in Delano.

It might have been more than a half-century ago, but the impact of the Delano grape strike will always be felt -- not only in Hispanic history, but labor history in general.