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United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Mostly Filipino grape pickers belonging to the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee led by Larry Itliong, Pete Velasco and PhilipVera Cruz begin the Delano Grape Strike in September 1965 and ask Cesar Chavez�s largely Latino union to join their picket lines.

Mostly Filipino grape pickers belonging to the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee led by ‪#‎LarryItliong‬, ‪#‎PeteVelasco‬ and‪#‎PhilipVeraCruz‬, begin the ‪#‎DelanoGrapeStrike‬ in September 1965 and ask Cesar Chavez’s largely Latino union to join their picket lines.