Tomas Villanueva speaking at Eastern Washington University

Creator

Publications, Eastern Washington University

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Source

Eastern Washington University Publications Photograph Collection, EWU-007-0588_31_05_0139_008

Document Type

Article

Creation Date

5-2-1989

Date Information

May 2, 1989

Description

Tomas Villanueva, founder of the United Farm Workers of Washington, gives a lecture titled The United Farm Workers Union of Washington: Status and Issues as part of the Cinco de Mayo events at Eastern Washington University. Villanueva wears a United Farm Workers button on his chest.

Through Villanueva's activism, the Yakima Valley Farmworkers Clinic and the United Farm Workers Service Center were established.

For more information see: The Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance, and his obituary in the June 11, 2014 issue of the Seattle Times.

Repository

Eastern Washington University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections.