Cultural Realignment & Economic Recession: 1970s: United Farm Workers
Click image to zoom in.Or view larger version. Lionel Wilson and Cesar Chavez. March 29, 1977. Bill Crouch, photographer. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. The Oakland Tribune Collection. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Judge Lionel Wilson (left), who later would become Oakland's first African American mayor, is seen with United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez in this March 29, 1977 photograph. Chavez was in Oakland to announce the endorsement of his union for Wilson's candidacy.