10 Silent Protests That Made Major Noise
Delano Grape Strike
Beginning in September 1965, the Delano Grape Strike lasted more than five years and sought to provide farmers with wages on par with the federal minimum wage. Though the strike began with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, it wasn’t long before other groups and important activists including the National Farmworkers Association and Cesar Chavez joined the cause. Through consumer boycotts, marches, demonstrations and other nonviolent resistance, the strike not only brought national attention to the struggles of farmers, but also culminated in a collective bargaining agreement that helped thousands of farm workers.