Shirley Gillette
Shirley Gillette...
Endorsed Communist Party Call
On March 30 2002 the Communist Party USA paper People’s Weekly World called for a national holiday in honor of late Farm Workers Union leader Cesar Chavez. The article was followed by a long list of endorsers[1]including Shirley Gillette, Almost all endorsers were confirmed members of the Communist Party USA.
Chicano movement
The 40th Anniversary Commemoration Committee of the Chicano Moratoriums was formed in the summer 2009 by the Chair of the National Chicano Moratorium Committee of August 29, 1970 along with two independent Chicano Movement historians whom although not of the baby boomer generation, have become inspired by the Movimiento.
The organization posted a list of significant “Chicano movement” activists on its website which included Shirley Gillette.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.pww.org/index.php/article/articleview/882/
- ↑ Chicano Moratorium website: Moratorium Participants (accessed on April 16, 2010)