Stockton Explodes: Stockton Explota

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Photographs depict the violence that farm workers on the front lines underwent as they fought for an improvement in their working conditions. The article on the right-hand side of the images focuses on the wage dispute that took place in Stockton, California and the ways in which farm workers, their supporters, and the United Farm Workers, fought for growers to uphold just labor contracts.

Keywords

Stockton, California, violence, workers, strike, wages, dispute, American Patrol Services, San Joaquin County Deputy Sheriff, police brutality, excessive force, arrests, growers, Gene Brown, hospitals, picket line, violent reactions, law breaking, growers, citizen's arrests security guards, abusive language, abuse, reactions, pickets, law breaking, laws, violation, unjust treatment

Date

1974

Language

English

Location

California

Type

Text

Digital Format

application/pdf

Digital Collection

El Malcriado Newspaper Collection

Repository

Archives & Special Collections of California State University, Monterey Bay

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Recommended Citation

"Stockton Explodes: Stockton Explota" (1974). States. 78.
https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/elmalcriado_states-countries/78