Texas Farm Workers and Braniff International Delays (1977) - KXAN/KVUE Films

Duration: 1:24

Year Published: 1977

Sound: sound

Description: This film reel from Austin’s KVUE-TV contains television news footage that would have aired as highlights to news stories. Broadcast on April 4, 1977, the segments include news stories about Texas Farm Workers’ (TFW) March for Human Rights and flight delays on Braniff International Airways. TFW organized the 420-mile March for Human Rights to bring awareness to the labor injustices faced by agricultural workers, a majority of whom were Latinx. The march began in the Rio Grande Valley on February 26 and ended at the Capitol in Austin, Texas on April 2. Workers and supporters sought to enact legislative change to agricultural work conditions.