Ernesto Galarza was an educator, writer and influential labor organizer whose activism in the late 1940s laid the groundwork for ending the Bracero Program and for the Chicano movement of the 1960s. Born in Jalcocotán, Mexico, and immigrating to the United States at a young age, Galarza attended Occidental College as an undergraduate and went on to receive a doctorate degree from Columbia, before settling in his longtime residence in San Jose. In 1948, he began organizing strikes against the DiGiorgio Corporation and working closely with the American Federation of Labor’s National Agricultural Workers Union. Galarza was also committed to improving bilingual education through his work as a professor, elementary school teacher, and education specialist in programs around Northern California. In this collection of transcribed speeches and conferences, Galarza discusses childhood memories of Mexico, labor organization, analytical and research-driven methods of community activism, and challenges in bilingual education.