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  2. Emma Tenayuca - Wikipedia

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    Educator, labor organizer. Emma Beatrice Tenayuca (December 21, 1916 – July 23, 1999) was an American labor leader, union organizer, civil rights activist, and educator. She is best known for her work organizing Mexican workers in Texas during the 1930s, particularly for leading the 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike.

  3. 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike - Wikipedia

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    The 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike was a labor strike involving 12,000 pecan shellers in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Considered the largest labor strike in San Antonio's history, it saw mainly Mexican American pecan shellers, organized by labor activist Emma Tenayuca, protest wage cuts by the Southern Pecan Shelling Company.

  4. Sophie Gonzales - Wikipedia

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    Sophie Gonzales. Sophie Gonzales (January 30, 1920 – January 1, 1995) was an activist and union organizer from San Antonio, Texas. She became the first Mexican-American female organizer of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). [1] In 1959 she organized the Tex-Son Garment company strike.

  5. History of slavery in Texas - Wikipedia

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    The history of slavery in Texas began slowly at first during the first few phases in Texas' history. Texas was a colonial territory, then part of Mexico, later Republic in 1836, and U.S. state in 1845. The use of slavery expanded in the mid-nineteenth century as White American settlers, primarily from the Southeastern United States, crossed the ...

  6. List of mayors of San Antonio - Wikipedia

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    Under Texas law, the mayor, like the city council, is selected in a non-partisan election. [2] When a vacancy occurs, the city council appoints an interim mayor. [4] The mayor, like the other members of the city council, serves a two-year term, with a four-term limit. Since 1975, every mayor of San Antonio has previously served on the city ...

  7. Rebecca Flores Harrington - Wikipedia

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    Rebecca Flores Harrington. Rebecca Flores Harrington (born 1942 or 1943) [1] is a labor activist from Texas. She was the director of the Texas chapter of the United Farm Workers labor union for several decades, and eventually became vice president of the nationwide organization.

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