The new documentary American Agitators looks at the life and legacy of Fred Ross Sr., one of the most influential community and labor organizers of the 20th century. Ross, who died in 1992, was active during some of the most sweeping and consequential periods of California history, from the Dust Bowl migration to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, before mentoring a generation of Mexican American leaders that included Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.
