Insight: 50th Anniversary Of The Delano Grape Strike / Bishop Francis Quinn / Sound Advice: Classical
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![United Farm Workers leaders Cesar Chavez, left, and Larry Itliong, right, in front of union headquarters at Delano, Calif., July 28, 1967. Harold Filan / AP](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=780/media/4201372/0706-larry-itliong-with-cesar-chavez-p.jpg)
United Farm Workers leaders Cesar Chavez, left, and Larry Itliong, right, in front of union headquarters at Delano, Calif., July 28, 1967.
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Fifty years ago this week, Filipino farmworkers walked off the fields in a coordinated effort to demand higher wages. On the next Insight, we’ll hear how the Delano Grape Strike gave rise to the United Farm Workers movement. Plus, Sacramento Bishop Francis Quinn becomes a first-time author at 93. And Classical Host Cale Wiggins has some Sound Advice.
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![On Labor Day 2015, hundreds of Filipino and Mexican American former and current labor activists , flowed into the Central Valley town of Delano where 50 years ago, they launched the Delano grape strike that changed the course of American history. File / Walter Zeboski / AP](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=600/media/5160717/DelanoGrapeStrike090815P.jpg)
Hundreds are marking the 50th anniversary of the Delano Grape Strike and the contributions of Filipino Americans to the labor movement.
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Sacramento’s Emeritus Bishop Francis Quinn became a first-time author late last year with a “fictionalized memoir” titled: Behind Closed Doors: Conflicts in Today’s Church.
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Cale Wiggins
Capital Public Radio’s Afternoon Classical Host Cale Wiggins joins us for this week’s Sound Advice with a cello concerto from Antonín Dvořák, a violin sonata from Richard Strauss and more.
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