Original Autograph Manuscript Signed containing a descriptive tale of two American soldiers clashing with a company of Mexican horsemen. The manuscript is initialed "G.W.H." and docketed "G.W. Higby." the manuscript is written in blue ink and later on has a few lines added and/or crossed out in pencil. This manuscript.....
Archive of five issues of the The Militant. Vol. 32, No. 38, September 1968, Vol. 33 , No. 21., Vol. 33, No. 28, Vol. 35, No. 30, and Vol. 37, No. 44, November 1973. New York: Militant Publishing Association 18" x 11.25" inches. Five well-preserved copies of The Militant, a......
Archive of three transcriptions of hearings of civil rights issues. All three are first edition. Two of the Hearings are before the Committee on the Judiciary (1959 and 1963) and the third is a Hearing before the Commission on Civil Rights (1966). The first hearing was before Subcommittee No. 5.....
Archive of eight photos of migrant workers living and laboring in Midwestern states such as Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Silver gelatin press photographs that were used in the 1950's and 1960's to illustrate articles on the poor conditions of Latino Migrant Workers in the Midwest . Photos range from.....
Archive of seven original press photos from 1966-86 of Cesar Chavez and the UFW advocating for farm workers. Photos range from 9" x 6.5" to 11" x 8" inches. Black and white silver gelatin print photographs. The earliest photo from 1966 depicts Chavez leading a march in a sunny field.....
The Movement. Vol. 5, No. 8. San Francisco: The Movement Press, September 1969. First Edition. 17" x 11.5" inches. 15 pages. Features a stunning cover graphic of three women fused together, with a black woman looking forward, clutching two rifles, and the text "Liberation" radiating around her afro which melds.....
Archive of 5 original silver gelatin photographs of migrant workers in locations around the Southwest such as California's Central and Coachella Valley and Las Vegas. These Press Photos range from 9" x 7" to 11" x 6" inches. The photos date from 1958-65. The first photo in the lot depicts.....
MATTHIESSEN, Peter. Sal Si Puedes: Cesar Chavez and the New American Revolution. First edition. Signed. Not priceclipped. A nonfiction account of Cesar Chavez and the struggles of the United Farm Workers to form a migrant workers' union to end the dramatic exploitation of temporary farm labor prevalent in the 1960s-70s.....
Loose Woman, Poems, Sandra Cisneros. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Uncorrected proof signed by the author. The collection is a reflection on female love and sexuality through the lens of Cisneros' distinctly Chicana style. Her work is poetic social commentary on misogyny, assimilation culture and gender identity in American.....
[Hispanic Immigrants] pamphlet titled "Phases by Tigre", 1971 with poetry on the migrant laborer and Chicano Mexican identity. Tigre [aka Raymundo Perez] introduction by Magadaleno Avila ("Tigre y mas") and cover art by L. R. Teran the author, 1971. Revolutionary Tejano poet.30 pages of poetry in English with a few.....
United Farm Workers/AFL-CIO, 1971. First edition, first printing. Scarce; no copies found on OCLC Worldcat in any institution worldwide. 2 sheets, printed on both sides. 8.25 x 11 inches. A chronological history of the United Farm Workers strike and boycott, beginning July 23, 1970 and ending December 29, 1972, when.....
The Movement was one of the premier Left wing Protest publications. The Movement. Vol. 5, No. 6. Large folio format : 17" x 11.5" inches. 24 pages This July 1969's issue focuses of radical Latino formations such as the Chicano Youth Liberation Conference, an interview with Cha Cha Jimenez of.....
An original underground newspaper "Open City" covering the 1968 Chicano high school walkouts. Los Angeles: March 8-14, 1968. Issue no. 45. 16 pages. 17" x 11.5" inches. First edition, first printing. 4000 students at Garfield High (March 4) and 1000 students at Wilson High (March 1) walked out in the.....
Women political activists outside Mexican Congress. July 8, 1938. Black and white silver gelatin press photo. 7 x 9 in. Depicts a group of women representing Mexico's Feminine Political Organizations as they rallied at the Mexican Congress in hopes of attaining voting rights. Press caption taped to back: “On threshold.....
Mexican women vote in Presidential election for first time. July 6, 1958. Black and white press photo. Mexico City. 10 x 8 in. Wire caption printed on lower portion of photo. “In their first chance to vote for a president, women dominate in some lines waiting to caste their ballots.....