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13CESAR CHAVEZ CROUCHES FORWARD, ALL EYES ON HIM, EXCEPT HIS SECURITY DETAIL.
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14WITH SHOULDERS HUNCHED OVER, CESAR CHAVEZ USES BOTH HANDS TO REEL IN HIS AUDIENCE.
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15CESAR CHAVEZ STRAIGHTENS UP, ARCHES HIS BACK BY BRING BOTH ELBOWS BACK, AND WITH HANDS AT HIS SIDE BEGINS THE WIND DOWN OF HIS SPEECH.
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16WITH ONE LAST POINT TO BE MADE, CESAR CHAVEZ REACHES OUT TO THE AUDIENCE WITH HIS RIGHT ARM TO MAKE IT.
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02ACESAR CHAVEZ, HAVING BEEN INTRODUCED, STANDS ON THE PICNIC TABLE, AND LOOKS OUT OVER THE FARMWORKER AUDIENCE. MOST OFTEN BEFORE SPEAKING, CESAR CHAVEZ WOULD GATHER HIMSELF, REFLECT FOR A FEW SECONDS AND MANY TIMES HIS EYES WOULD MIST UP AS HE BEGAN TO SPEAK.

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18WITH BOTH HANDS CLASPED BEHIND HIS BACK IN A MILITARY "AT EASE" POSTURE, CESAR CHAVEZ HAS FINISHED SPEAKING. HE ASSESSES THE REACTION AND WAITS FOR THE QUESTIONS.
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19EYES TO HIS LEFT, CESAR CHAVEZ LISTENS TO THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
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20CESAR CHAVEZ LOOKS DOWN AT A QUESTIONER AND USES BOTH ARMS TO ANSWER.
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21ARMS AT HIS SIDE, LEANING BACK ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, CESAR CHAVEZ ENJOYS THE COMMENT FROM A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE.
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22CESAR CHAVEZ USES HIS RIGHT HAND WITH FINGERS APART AND VOICE LOUD ENOUGH TO BE HEARD IN THE BACK OF THE AUDIENCE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
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24YET ANOTHER CLASSIC CESAR CHAVEZ POSE: BE SMART! USE YOUR HEAD! IF YOU KEEP A SHARP EYE OUT AND PAY ATTENTION, YOU CAN OUTSMART THE GROWERS!
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25AFTER THE SPEECH, THERE IS TIME FOR PHOTOS. FARMWORKERS UNDERSTOOD THE ROLE OF CESAR CHAVEZ IN THEIR HISTORY-MAKING STRUGGLE, AND THEY WANTED THEIR OWN PARTICIPATION RECORDED THROUGH HIM.
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