In honor of Cesar Chavez Day, the Henry Madden Library at California State University, Fresno has partnered with StoryCorps to record and preserve the stories of Latino families in the San Joaquin Valley.
We'll be airing excerpts of some of those conversations over the next several weeks on The California Report Magazine. This week, we hear from farmworker activist Graciela Martinez and her son, Richard Herron.
Graciela Martinez has a long history of civil rights activism.
The septuagenarian joined up with the United Farm Workers at 19 with dreams of becoming Cesar Chavez's personal secretary -- a dream she would eventually realize.