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The Reverend Joseph Romero poses behind the wheel of his automobile, he is the pastor of Holy Family catholic Church in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. He wears a cap, eyeglasses and a mustache.

Cesar Chavez, greets a member of the Colorado delegation at the United Farm Workers of America Convention in Fresno, California. He has his arm around an unidentified, elderly Mexican American woman. She has white hair, eyeglasses, a floral print dress and a convention ID ribbon. Cesar Chavez wears a plaid shirt.

Father Marshall Gourley, followed by Mike Wilzoch, marches past a vineyard near Fresno, California. The grape boycott demonstration was held in conjunction with the 1975 United Farm Workers of American Convention in Fresno. An unidentified man carries a United Farm Workers flag with the image of an Aztec eagle. United Farm Workers boycott organizers and supporters from across the country, including Colorado, attended the convention.

Interior view of the United Farm Workers of America Convention in Fresno, California. Attendees sit at tables with signs that indicate their union affiliation. Members of the Colorado Boycott staff attended the convention.

Senator Richard Castro speaks to reporters about the Gallo Wine boycott at a press conference held at Super Save Drugs located near West 44th Avenue and North Pecos Street in the Sunnyside neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Mike Wilzoch stands on Castro's left and an unidentified United Farm Workers of America supporter on the right. A man holds a microphone and another a television camera. Castro wears a coat, tie and dark eyeglasses. Wilzoch wears a jacket and has a beard.

United Farm Workers of America (UFW) organizer Jerry Ryan, dressed as "Zeezo" the clown, stands outside a Safeway store in Denver, Colorado. The store was running a promotion with it's own clown to entertain customers. Ryan, dressed as the clown, and another unidentified clown, members of the United Farm Workers of America, hijack the event, they hand out candy and leaflets and picket the store. A sign around Ryan's neck reads: "Safeway Unfair to Farm [Wo]rkers." A sign in the store window reads: "Zeezo the Clown Will Be Here Sat. Oct. 23 3:30 to 6:30 PM. Free ..." Mexican American children are by the clown, one has a balloon with writing that reads: "Boycott Safeway." A woman holds leaflets and holds a sign that reads: "Boy[cott] Safe[way]."

United Farm Workers of America (UFW) supporters picket the Denver City and County building in Denver, Colorado. The picketers protest Judge Robert Cummins' decision to jail UFW coordinator Jerry Ryan for refusing to remove his "Boycott Gallo" button at the beginning of his trial for a prior arrest for picketing. One picket carries a sign with a skull and crossbones that reads: "Cummins drinks Gallo Wine."

State Senator Richard Castro, boycott organizer Mike Wilzoch, boycott director Jerry Ryan, and UFW member Jesús Valderrama hold a press conference near a trailer outside of Super Serve Drugs and Liquors on 44th and Pecos Street in Denver, Colorado. The press conference was to bring attention to Murray Hildebrand's decision to promote Gallo Wine at all of the Super Serve stores in Denver.

Jerry Ryan, with a beard and dark eyeglasses, and Jesús Valderrama, with an umbrella, members of the United Farm Workers Union of America and three supporters stand in front of a trailer in front of the Super Serve Drugs on West 44th (Forty-Fourth) Avenue and North Pecos Street in the Sunnyside neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Ryan was on a ten-day hunger strike to try and persuade the store to stop selling Gallo Wine.

Senator Richard Castro pickets with supporters of the United Farm Workers, who include Jerry Ryan and Mike Wilzoch, in boycott of Gallo Wine at the Pecos Super Serve Drugs at West 44th (Forty-Fourth) Avenue and North Pecos Street in the Sunnyside neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They were waiting to participate in a press conference. A man carries a sign that reads: "United Farm Workers on Strike Please Don't Scab. Huelga! Support the Farm Workers." A sign on the building reads: "Super Serve Drugs."

Two unidentified children march with AFL-CIO United Farm Workers of America members and their supporters in support of the grape and Gallo Wine boycott through Denver, Colorado.

E.J. Burnside, a firefighter, is restrained by police after confronting members of the United Farm Works of America (UFW) boycott picket line at Party Time Liquors on South Federal Boulevard in Denver, Colorado. The UFW members were protesting the sale of Gallo Wine.

Mike Wilzoch shouts into a megaphone as he leads a United Farm Workers of America grape and Gallo Wine boycott protest march through Denver, Colorado. He wears a coat and dark eyeglasses. A marcher in the distance carries a sign with the eagle symbol of the United Farm Workers painted on it. Letters on the sign read: "AFL-CIO."

AFL-CIO United Farm Workers of America members and their supporters march in support of the grape and Gallo Wine boycott through Denver, Colorado. A large group of people carry banners and signs. A banner reads: "The People United Will Never Be Defeated." Signs read: "Boycott Grapes," "United Steel Workers for Rank and File United Boycott" and "Farm Workers Say No Lettuce, Grapes and Gallo."

View of the stage at Cinco de Mayo celebration in Denver, Colorado. An unidentified man looks over the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) information table. In the distance Father José Lara addresses the crowd. A sign over the stage reads: "Boycott Gallo."

Pauline Gallegos Chavez sits with family members on the occasion of her 98th birthday in Denver, Colorado. Identification, left to right (back row): James A. Maestas, and Ann Maestas; (middle row): Ida Lopez and Pauline Gallegos Chavez; (front row): Renea Maestas. Pauline was a survivor of the Ludlow Massacre.

View of a promotional brochure for James A. Maestas when he ran for National Chairman of the American GI Forum of the U.S. in 1986.

Members of a Chicano theater group identified as the National Chicano Theater, directed by Enrique Montano, stand on a stage in an unidentified theater in Denver, Colorado. The young men and women have their legs spread, their arms raised and outstretched with clenched fists.

Portrait of Chicano poet Abelardo "Lalo" Delgado and his wife, Lola Estrada Delgado of Denver, Colorado. They sit on a love seat in their living room and hold their wedding portrait. Abelardo wears a mustache.

Social activists pose at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Food Cooperative in Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right: Jeannie Rizza (boycott organizer from New York), William Watts (UFW staff member), unidentified youth, Mexican American Yolanda Ortega (student activist, founding member of Su Teatro) and Mike Wilzoch (UFW staff member).

Unidentified members of the Frances Montez family gather around a table filled with food in Denver, Colorado. Shows an older woman, middle aged women and a young girl. The girl reaches for the hand of a young boy who hides in the doorway of the kitchen. One woman smokes a cigarette, another wears a hat.

Gloria Montez, dressed in a graduation cap and gown, poses with her mother Frances Miera Montez in their living room in Denver, Colorado. Frances wears a white suit, bow tie and wears eyeglasses.

Mexican American Mayor Henry Cisneros from San Antonio, Texas, holds up the arm of Federico Peña, candidate for mayor in Denver, Colorado. The men stand near drum sets, a crowd of Peña supporters are in the distance.

Portrait of Richard (Rich) T. Castro, civil rights activist, legislator and director of Denver's Agency for Human Rights and Community Relations, and his wife Virginia in Denver, Colorado. They were at a ceremony where he was awarded the Human Rights Award by the American Jewish Committee.

Denver County Court Judge Celeste C de Baca reads an edition of La Voz in her office in the Denver City and County Building in Denver, Colorado. Judge C de Baca wears a turtle neck sweater.

Mexican American Richard Castro, civil rights leader and Colorado legislator, and African American Michael Simmons perform as the "Blues Brothers" at a fund raiser for Federico Peña, candidate for Mayor of Denver, at the Denver Hilton Hotel in Denver, Colorado. Both men sing in suits, ties and hats. They hold microphones.

Cecil Hernandez, a Mexican immigrant and founder of MasterCraft Cabinets, Inc., reads an issue of La Voz, Colorado's first bilingual newspaper, Denver, Colorado.

Interior view of La Cueva restaurant located at 9742 E. Colfax Ave in Aurora, Colorado. Molly and Eva Nuñez stand behind the cash register, an older woman, owner Norma Nuñez stands with her hand on a chair. Tin mirrors are over the window to the kitchen. The tables have tablecloths.

View of Hispanic politicians at the Cinco de Mayo celebration in Denver, Colorado. They are identified as (Left to right): Ramona Martinez, Denver City Councilwoman; Cecilia Garcia; Henry Cisneros, Mayor of San Antonio, Texas; Debbie Ortega, Denver City Councilwoman and Polly Baca, Colorado State Senator.

Colorado Governor Roy Romer congratulates Henry Solano at a ceremony when he appoints him Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Institutions, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Solano has a beard.

Denver's first Mexican American Mayor, Federico Peña stands on the steps of the City and County Building and is sworn in by Colorado Supreme Court Justice Joseph Quinn, Denver, Colorado. The mayor stands at a podium with his hand raised, Justice Quinn, in his judicial robe, administers the oath of office.

United States Congressman Tim Wirth congratulates Mexican American, Denver mayoral candidate Federico Peña on at a rally on the steps of the City and County building in Denver, Colorado. Peña supporters hold signs that read: "Peña" and "Peña for Denver."

United States Congresswoman Pat Schroeder and Mexican American State Representative and candidate for Denver Mayor, Federico Peña pose in a booth at a church fair in Denver, Colorado. Congresswoman Schroeder laughs as Representative Peña points. A man in the booth holds a hat and a boy and woman stand nearby.

Mexican American, Sergeant William "Billy" Gallegos stands in the back of a convertible automobile in a parade in his honor in Denver, Colorado. Gallegos, in uniform, a Marine Corps Sergeant and former guard at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, was held hostage for 444 days.

Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Mexican Americans.

Mexican American saxophonist Freddy Rodriguez takes a bow on the stage at the El Chapultepec Jazz Club, 1962 Market Street in Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. He has gray hair and a mustache and his saxophone hangs around his neck. The rest of his group, Freddy Rodriguez and the Jazz Connection, is behind him.

View of Freddy Rodriguez and the Jazz Connection at the El Chapultepec Jazz Club, 1962 Market Street in Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Mexican American saxophonist Freddy Rodriguez, has gray hair and a mustache, an African American female singer holds a microphone and takes a bow, an African American bass player wears dreadlocks, and the white pianist has a trimmed beard.

Group portrait of members of the Adams State College Teacher Corps Program, 1975-1977, pose in front of a building in Alamosa, Colorado. They are identified as: standing, Thom Horn; Given Bauer; Dick Richmond, Asst. Supt. Monte Vista; Larence Gomez; and Robert Hackman. Seated: Dr. John Holcomb, Supt. Monte Vista; Al Roybal; Roberta Martinez; Dr. Tom Witherill; Ruby Payne and Dick Dominguez.

Portrait of Joe Herrera, and elderly Mexican American man in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. He sits at a table in his house near a plastic basket of artificial fruit. He wears eyeglasses.

Don Lucero stands and addresses a school board meeting at Colorado State University in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. People sit nearby.

Concepcion Escobedo, an elderly Hispanic man and former sugar beet worker waves on Rigden's farm in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. He wears a jean jacket, dress shirt and leather cap.

An elderly Lucy Jacquez and Jay Alire pose in front of a Christmas tree in Denver, Colorado. Mrs. Jacquez wears a white shift with blue flowers, Jay wears a sweater and has a mustache.

Cesar Chavez and Mexican American farmworker Jesús Valderrama, pose beside a hand lettered copy of the Bill of Rights outside the Denver City and County Building in Denver, Colorado. They were part of a protest against the incarceration and trial of United Farm Workers of America activist Jerry Ryan.

Cesar Chavez is surrounded by Catholic priests at a news conference after the National Council of Catholic Bishops came out in support of the California farmworkers strikes. He looks on as a catholic priest is being interviewed.

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