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OMCA curator Erendina A. Delgadillo discusses the Chicano roots and resilience of El Dia de los Muertos.
Photo Credits:
1. Leonard Nadel, Interior view slum home, 1948. Reproduction. Courtesy of the Housing Authority Photo Collection/Los Angeles Public Library.
2. Unknown, NFWA huelga sign, 1972. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Dorothy Stapp.
3. Ester Hernandez, Sun Mad, 1982. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Steven and Sandra Wolfe. © Ester Hernandez
4. Linda Lucero, Viva la Huelga, 1976. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California. All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family. © Linda Lucero
5 & 6. Oakland Museum of California, Photo: Shaun Roberts, 2013
7. Guillermo Bejarano, Self-Help Graphics & Art procession with El Teatro Campesino, 1970s. Reproduction. Courtesy of Self-Help Graphics & Art Archive, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, University of California, Santa Barbara.
8. Ken Papaleo, Chicano Moratorium Committee Demonstration, 1979. Reproduction. Courtesy of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection/Los Angeles Public Library. © Los Angeles Public Library
Music: De colores - Children from the School of Santa Isabel, East Los Angeles, with Los Lobos del Este de Los Angeles
OMCA curator Erendina A. Delgadillo discusses the Chicano roots and resilience of El Dia de los Muertos.
Photo Credits:
1. Leonard Nadel, Interior view slum home, 1948. Reproduction. Courtesy of the Housing Authority Photo Collection/Los Angeles Public Library.
2. Unknown, NFWA huelga sign, 1972. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Dorothy Stapp.
3. Ester Hernandez, Sun Mad, 1982. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Steven and Sandra Wolfe. © Ester Hernandez
4. Linda Lucero, Viva la Huelga, 1976. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California. All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family. © Linda Lucero
5 & 6. Oakland Museum of California, Photo: Shaun Roberts, 2013
7. Guillermo Bejarano, Self-Help Graphics & Art procession with El Teatro Campesino, 1970s. Reproduction. Courtesy of Self-Help Graphics & Art Archive, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, University of California, Santa Barbara.
8. Ken Papaleo, Chicano Moratorium Committee Demonstration, 1979. Reproduction. Courtesy of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection/Los Angeles Public Library. © Los Angeles Public Library
Music: De colores - Children from the School of Santa Isabel, East Los Angeles, with Los Lobos del Este de Los Angeles
