Langston Hughes. Signed contract authorizing use of Hughes' autobiography I Wonder As I Wander. New York, 1957. Measures 14" x 8.5". 2 pages. Contract between Hughes and Jacobo Huchnik for the publication and distribution of the book's Spanish-language translation. I Wonder As I Wander was published in 1934, twenty three.....
Photo archive of vernacular life in Mexico. Circa 1940s. Archive consists of 38 large silver gelatin photos. Most measuring approximately between 7.5" x 7.5" to 7."5 x 9.5 ", one smaller piece measuring 5" by 7.5". Shot professionally, the artist captures the essence of rural life in Mexico. Black and.....
Signed Spanish colonial free slave work contract. "Contrato Esclavo liberto." Arecibo, Puerto Rico. April 1873. Measures 12 x 8 inches. The 1873 Abolition Act ending slavery in Puerto Rico stipulated slaves apprentice under their former masters for another 3 years in exchange for food and small compensation. "In the very.....
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......
Photo album of 69 black and white silver gelatin photos the life of people of many backgrounds in various parts of the southwest and Cuba dating between the 1920s-1930s. Images are crisp and clear. In original cloth covered board photo album held by cord with gilt lettering "Photographs". Album measures.....
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 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.....
Archive of 3 real photo postcards at the turn of the century of El Paso and the Texas and Mexican border. Each measure 3.5" x 5.5". One postcard shows a procession of soldiers on horseback and carriage surrounded by spectators as they traverse "Texas Street between Mesa and Stanton". Another.....
Archive spanning three decades of Latino migrant and field workers mostly in California. Archive of 8 original silver gelatin press photo's 1958-1989. Size range from 9" x 7" to 11" x 6". Photos depict the daily life and work of Latino and migrant laborers. One picture captures children of jobless.....
1867 Slave registry document "Empadronamiento General de esclavos" from from the Hato Abajo region of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The slaves were three children named Magdalena, Carlos, and Eraristo. They appear to be siblings, sharing the same father, with the twin boys, Carlos and Eraristo, being racially categorized as "negro" while.....
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.....
Brochure in newspaper format calling for support of Ricardo Chavez Ortiz, who hijacked a Fronteri Arilines 737 from Albuquerque to Los Angeles to gain a public forum for injustice towards Chicanos. Independently published, possibly by the Chavez Defense Fund. He conducted interviews aboard the plane with Spanish-language stations, after which.....
Tintype showing Mexican woman's seated portrait. Circa 19th century. Measures 2.5" x 3.5". Image shows a seated Mexican woman wrapped in traditional Aztec patterned sarape blanket. Her expression is stoic and her gaze intense. Her hair is pulled back with a ringlet peaking from her left, a common hairstyle in.....
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.....
Perez, Raymundo. Phases by Tigre. Self Published, 1971. 5.5" X 8.5" inches. 30 pages of poetry by revolutionary Tejano poet Raymundo "Tigre" Perez about migrant laborers and Chicano identity - poems in English and Spanish. Includes an introduction by Magadaleno Avila and cover art by L.R. Teran depicting Chicano man.....
Lot of 3 colorful bumper stickers propagating the boycott of non union grapes held by Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. Keene, CA: UFW, circa 1970. Each measure 15" x 4". These bumper stickers were produced as part of a grassroots effort to support UFW farm workers during the.....
United Farm Workers. Boycott Non-UFW Grapes. Keene, CA: UFW, circa 1970. 12" x 3.5" inch bumper sticker. This bumper sticker was produced as part of a grassroots effort to support UFW farmworkers during the Delano Grape Strike, which started in September 1965. The striking workers, led by Cesar Chavez and.....
“Join the Grape Strike in Greater Los Angeles in 1970…Boycott Non-Union Grapes” United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. 1970. Broadside Poster 11” x 8.5”. On September 8, 1965, one of the most important strikes to the American working class was set in motion that would last over the next five years.....
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.....