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1970. Left,
Ernest Aguilar. Right, Tomás Villanueva.
Tomás is being congratulated for receiving the “Volunteer of the
Year” award by the National Office of Economic Opportunity. |
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1970. Jesse
Villanueva printing the farm worker newspaper in
Toppenish,
Washington. |
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May 1970. The
UFW Co-op and membership celebrate Mother’s Day and the baptism of Tomás
Villanueva Jr. at the Co-op store. Standing
in the white shirt is Eloy Estudillo, and to his left, Esperanza Estudillo,
the Padrinos (God Parents) of Tomás Jr. |
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1970. Granger,
Washington. The beginning of
the farm worker struggle in the
Yakima
Valley
prompted by a series of wildcat strikes in the
Yakima
Valley
hop fields. |
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September 1970.
From left to right: Tomás Villanueva, Jose Gallegos and Roberto
Treviño. The first union
organizing committee in the
Yakima
Valley. |
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1972.
Toppenish
,
Washington. Tomás Villanueva as Deputy
Director of the
Farm
Workers
Family
Health
Center, now known as the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic.
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