This year marks the 50th anniversary of the historic United Farm Worker Rio Grande City Strike and March to Austin, Texas, an event that sparked the Chicano Civil Rights Movement in Texas. The Texas United Farm Workers organization is petitioning the Texas Historical Commission to approve markers that memorialize the “undertold” story of the strike that began in Starr County and the […]
Author Archives: Rebecca Flores
Rebecca Flores was the Texas Director of United Farm Workers, 1975-2005, who worked on changing the living and working conditions of the men, women and children who harvest the food that comes to your table three times a day. Email rebeccaoflores@gmail.com to volunteer.
