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Flooding of cottages in the Holy City barrio, Bettendorf, Iowa

In Chicago when he drove a taxicab.

Left to right: Herman, John and his son Johnnie, Henrietta (Herman's wife), Cecilia (Richard's wife), and Norberto "Albert" Rodriguez.

Chronology of Ernest Rodriguez's activism, 1950s to 1990

Union organizer for Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher workmen (AMCBW), 1969-1970; League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC Council 10, Davenport, Iowa); Davenport Human Relations Commission; Iowa Advisory Board to the U.S. Civil Rights…

American G. I. Forum, Minority Coalition, Davenport (MIN-CO).
Proteus, Illinois Migrant Council, Rock Island Arsenal

In "!Boicoteo!: Rayo de Esperanza para el Campesino," Ernest Rodriguez connects the farm worker movement for justice led by Cesar Chavez with the struggle to improve the rights of migrant workers employed in Iowa agribusiness.