César E. Chávez Boulevard Committee (Portland, Or.)
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
César E. Chávez Boulevard Committee records
Collection
Identifier: Coll879
Abstract
Records of the César E. Chávez Boulevard Committee, and press coverage of their activities, primarily from newspapers. The committee campaigned from 2007 to 2009 to name a street in Portland, Oregon, after Latino labor activist César E. Chávez (1927-1993). After a series of contentious hearings and adoption of a resolution to clarify the process of renaming strees, the Portland City Council voted to rename 39th Avenue as César E. Chávez Boulevard in July 2009.
Dates:
2006-2011; Majority of material found within 2007-2010