by Katie Anastas

When ethnic Mexican farm workers led by Cesar Chavez joined with Filipino American workers led by Larry Itliong in 1965 to strike grape growers in Delano, California, the modern farm workers movement was born. Operating initially as the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee and later as the UFW, the union spread beyond California as it launched a national grape boycott and inspired farm worker organizing in other states. Here is a timeline of more than 1000 UFW actions as reported in El Macriado, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Seattle Times. Sources and methods are explained below. The maps are hosted by Tableau Public and may take a few seconds to respond. If slow, refresh the page. Here are other UFW maps.

Sources: El Macriado, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Seattle Times

Methods note: This database is in progress and is not necessarily geographically representative. We have gathered information from the sources listed above, each of which had agendas that shaped how and what it covered. "Titles" are in almost all cases taken directly from the source. "Dates" are the date of the publication. "Descriptions" were written by Katherine Anastas. "Event types" are loose categories we have assigned. Categories often overlap.

Maps: James Gregory