Hispanics in the United States #25 Activismo Latino - Bolerium Books

87. Acosta Medina, Reinaldo. Proyecciones del ideario Martiano. Havana:
Editora Política, 1984. 78p., 5.5x7.5 inches, text in Spanish, introduction,
bibliographies, footnotes/sources, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial
red wraps. Personal inscription signed by the author in Spanish and dated 4/1/87
Paperback. (#106463) $25.00
88. Ad Hoc Committee to Rezone the Mission. BART: for whom?
Residential neighborhoods... or...? / BART: Para qien? Vencindades
residenciales... O...? San Francisco: Ad Hoc Committee to Rezone the Mission,
n.d.. 6p., 7x8.5 inches, texts in English & Spanish, very good booklet in
stapled yellow pictorial wraps with minor discoloration, flyer laid in advertising
a meeting where residents of Capp and Bartlett streets can lobby to change the
zoning of their neighborhood to residential. Not found in OCLC. (#145056)
$25.00
Argues that BART has begun destroying the community fabric of the Mission
District; seeks to rezone the area as a residential neighborhood. The two main
organizations involved were La Raza en Accion Local and Mission Planning
Council.
89. Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC); National
Farm Workers Association (NFWA). AWOC / NFWA [pinback
button]. n.p.: AWOC / NFWA, [ca. 1965]. 1.25 inch diameter pin,
depicting a bunch of grapes with the initials of the two unions above and
below; very good. (#171551) $25.00
AWOC was a largely Filipino-American union led by Larry Itliong, while
the NFWA was led by César Chávez. The two unions cooperated on the
Delano strike in 1965 and merged shortly thereafter to form the UFW.