Delano
Americannoun
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As a prominent labour organiser, Chavez helped lead a major strike against Delano grape growers in the 1960s, which sparked boycotts across the country, in order to gain better wages and conditions for workers.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
At a rally in support of the UFW in Fresno on Wednesday, Carolina Sánchez, a farmworker from Delano, said she did not want to believe the allegations.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
He rose to prominence with the successful Delano grape strike of 1965—1970.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt suddenly announced it at the 1943 Casablanca conference as an aim of the World War II Allies, he did so off the cuff.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
Grandmother Baxter calmed my anxiety by explaining that America would not be bombed, not as long as Franklin Delano Roosevelt was President.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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