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2 unusual facts about Philip Vera Cruz


Philip Vera Cruz

AWOC was composed primarily of Filipino American farmworker organizers, although it did hire Dolores Huerta.

He was a co-founder of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, which later merged with the National Farm Workers Association to become the United Farm Workers.


Little Manila, Stockton, California

Filipino labor leaders like Larry Itliong, Andy Imutan, Chris Mensalvas, Ernesto Mangaoang, Carlos Bulosan and Philip Vera Cruz all worked out of Stockton at one time or another.


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