“Larry’s been ignored. Fifty years later and most Americans don’t know the Filipino American role in the Grape Strike, including most Filipino Americans,' Dillon Delvo, the son of a former AWOC organizer, said.
Ask members of the Filipino American National Historical Society and they will say the Delano Grape strike of 1965 — the grape boycott that neatly tied together civil rights and labor rights in America—should be known as the revolution of Larry Itliong.
“There are names lost in history, and today’s ceremony goes a ways to rectifying that,” Chavez, 58, told NBC News. “Of course, there were some hard feelings. Who would not be offended if they felt their contributions weren’t recognized...We should now look to recognize these unsung heroes…Latinos and Filipinos alike.”
The walkout began on Sept. 8, 1965 when the growers refused to honor the union’s demand for wages of $1.40 an hour. "We have to point the finger to ourselves, we haven’t told his story well. But now, we’re trying to change that.”
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