1905-1984

1905

Born in Jalcocotan, Nayarit Mexico

1911

Immigrates to the United States

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1913

At the age of 8 Galarza participates in his first labor union

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1917

Mother dies of Influenza

1923

Admitted into Occidental College

1927

Graduates from Occidental College

1928

Marries Mae Taylor

1929

Earns M.A. in History at Stanford

1932 – 1936

Galarza and wife establish Year-Long School

1936

Joins the Pan American Union

1947

Earns Ph.D. from Columbia

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Helps organize strike against DiGiorgio Fruit Corporation

1947 – 1954

Serves as Vice President to the National Farm Labor Union

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1950

Leads a strike in Tracy, CA of tomato pickers

1951

Leads a strike in Imperial Valley, CA of Cantaloupe Pickers

1953

In Louisiana helps organize a strike with sugar cane workers and strawberry pickers

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1954 – 1963

Serves as Secretary to National Agricultural Workers Union

1956

Bolivian government gives Galarza the Order of the Condor

1963 – 1964

Appointed adviser to the House Committee on Education and Labor

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1967

Boycotts major conference on Hispanics in El Paso, Texans

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1971

Founded the Studio Laboratory for Bilingual Education

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Receives the degree of Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Occidental College

1979

Nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature

1983

Occidental College awards Galarza with the Alumni Seal

Died 1984