Justice for Farm Workers!
Item Number: 240
Time Left: CLOSED
Description
Photo by Ernest Lowe of a 1965 National Farm Workers’ Meeting in an Eagles Hall, Springville, California. The meeting was to prepare for the first Delano to Sacramento march by the union.
Contemporary silver halide print 8” x 10”.
Special Instructions
The photo was displayed in Don't Cry for me Babey, a controversial multimedia exhibit at San Francisco's deYoung Museum. The deYoung Board of Directors attempted to ban the show where this photo appeared. Lowe stopped this by threatening a city-wide storefront exhibiting of the works and condemning the decision.
Donated by
Ernest & Grace Lowe