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- People: Luis Valdez - Farmworker Movement
El Teatro Campesino member Luis Valdez performing, Berkeley, January 1967 Photo by Emmon Clarke Luis Valdez was born in a farm labor camp in Delano in 1940 He studied at San José State College, where he earned a B A in English and wrote his first play, The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa
- Mexican-American Struggles to Organize: 1945-1965 - Seattle Civil . . .
After World War II, more former-braceros and ethnic Mexican migrants settled in Washington, eventually creating the community necessary to unite farm workers in a common cause In the 1940s, the Latino population increased dramatically from less than 7,000 in 1940 to 17,600 in 1950
- Luis Valdez - Wikipedia
Valdez brought together farm workers and students to form El Teatro Campesino, a farm worker's theater troupe [4] El Teatro was known for touring migrant camps with their actos, one-act plays, which were usually around fifteen minutes long
- Luis Valdez - PST LA LA
Valdez describes his early observations of California in the 1940s and 1950s as a child of migrant farm workers He recalls how World War II impacted his childhood and shares his discovery of theater and literature as a small boy
- Timeline of Latino Farmer Movements in the U. S.
1965: Luis Valdez, American playwright, actor, and film director, funded the world famous theater called “El Teatro Campesino” El Teatro Campesino was the first farm workers theater in Delano, California Actors entertained and educated farm workers about their rights (Southern Poverty Law Center: Teaching Tolerance Project, n d )
- Luis Valdez: Cesar Chavez and theater for the people
Working hand-in-hand with Chavez and other farm labor organizers, Valdez helped define the farmworkers movement Valdez also brought a new understanding of the world to the workers themselves, which became the foundation of El Teatro Campesino’s philosophy: “Tú eres mi otro yo
- How Did Luis Valdez Help Cesar Chavez? - Metro League
Valdez’s involvement with the farm worker movement began in 1965, when he returned to his hometown of Delano to work with Cesar Chavez Valdez was inspired by Chavez’s mission to organize farm workers into a comprehensive union and saw an opportunity to use theater to support this cause
- San Jose’s Luis Valdez marks 50 years as cultural icon
Staring down the barrel of a shotgun during the turbulent days of the 1965 Delano Grape Strike, Luis Valdez’s storied career in theater underwent trial by fire An enraged farmer had put a gun to Valdez’s head and ordered him to stand down from rallying the farmworkers alongside Cesar Chavez
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