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The Life of Ernesto Galarza:
Social Activist and Educator
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1905-1984 |
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1905 Born in Jalcocotan, Nayarit Mexico |
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1911 Immigrates to the United States |
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1913 At the age of 8 Galarza participates in his first labor union
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1917 Mother dies of Influenza |
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1923 |
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1927 Graduates from Occidental College |
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1928 Marries Mae Taylor |
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1929 Earns M.A. in History at Stanford |
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1932 – 1936 Galarza and wife establish Year-Long School |
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1936 |
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1947 Earns Ph.D. from Columbia ---------- |
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1947 – 1954 Serves as Vice President to the National Farm Labor Union |
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1950 Leads a strike in Tracy, CA of tomato pickers |
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1951 Leads a strike in Imperial Valley, CA of Cantaloupe Pickers |
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1953 In Louisiana helps organize a strike with sugar cane workers and strawberry pickers |
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1954 – 1963 Serves as Secretary to National Agricultural Workers Union |
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1956 Bolivian government gives Galarza the Order of the Condor
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1963 – 1964 Appointed adviser to the House Committee on Education and Labor |
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1967 |
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1971 Founded the Studio Laboratory for Bilingual Education ---------- Receives the degree of Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Occidental College |
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1979 Nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature |
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1983 Occidental College awards Galarza with the Alumni Seal
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Died 1984 |
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