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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.

Abstract Two copies each of two flyers advertising a demonstration in support of Colegio César Chávez at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Oregon, on April 25, 1975. Colegio César Chávez was the first four-year accredited Chicano-run college in the United States. It operated from 1973 to 1983 and was located on the former campus of Mt. Angel College in Mount Angel, Oregon. The 1975 demonstration was held in response to the threat of foreclosure by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...

Abstract The collection consists of printed material, correspondence, and administrative, financial, and legal records created and collected by the Stella Maris House, a Portland, Oregon-based social justice group, during the course of its work. The collection demonstrates the local evolution of issues key to the history of the United States during the 1960s. Over a third of the collection is dedicated to Oregon's migrant labor rights movement; it also features materials documenting the area's civil...

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Collection consists of photographs taken primarily by staff of the Valley Migrant League for their program newspaper, "Opportunity News." Subjects depicted include VML-sponsored adult education and child care programs, working and living conditions for agricultural migrant laborers, labor organizing activities, and community events.