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UFW NON-VIOLENCE 1973 - Susan Due Pearcy ©1228 views
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291222 viewsCESAR CHAVEZ WAS NOT A FIREBRAND SPEAKER, IN FACT JUST THE OPPOSITE. LOW KEY, SOFT-SPOKEN AND SINCERE, HE WAS ABLE TO MOVE HIS AUDIENCE WITH HIS CANNY ABILITY TO EXPLAIN COMPLEX MATTERS IN WORDS AND ANALOGIES THAT MADE SENSE TO PEOPLE. HE EXUDED CONFIDENCE AND FEARLESSNESS, HE EMPOWERED HIS AUDIENCE TO BELIEVE THEY COULD OVERCOME THE INJUSTICE THAT ENSLAVED THEM. "SI SE PUEDE!" BECAME HIS SIGNATURE MOTTO.
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AWOC FILIPINO WORKERS STRIKE - Andy Zermeno1220 views
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081220 viewsWITH LEFT ARM FULLY EXTENDED AND REACHING UPWARD WITH FINGERS APART, CESAR CHAVEZ MAKES AN EMBRACING GESTURE TO THOSE WHO ARE THE FURTHEREST AWAY - HIS LIPS ARE PURSED IN THE FORM OF A CIRCLE. HIS RIGHT HAND IS HELD LOOSELY CLOSE TO HIS SIDE.
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GOVERNOR BROWN AND CESAR CHAVEZ TALKING IN LA PAZ 1975 © CATHY MURPHY1209 views
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441193 viewsTHE DIGIORGIO BOYCOTT BROUGHT AN AGREEMENT TO HOLD SECRET BALLOT ELECTIONS FOR THE COMPANY'S FARMWORKERS. THESE ELECTIONS WOULD BE ADMINISTERED AND SUPERVISED BY THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION AND THE BALLOT WOULD GIVE WORKERS ONE OF THREE CHOICES: "UFWOC" - "TEAMSTERS" - "NO UNION". CESAR CHAVEZ, FRED ROSS, DOLORES HUERTA AND STUDENT VOLUNTEERS GO OVER THE ELIGIBILITY LIST OF DIGIORGIO WORKERS WHO WOULD BE ENTITLED TO VOTE.
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JOAN BAEZ AND DOLORES HUERTA AT FUNERAL FOR JUAN DE LA CRUZ 19731190 views
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321185 viewsEASTER SUNDAY, 1966. CESAR CHAVEZ AND GILBERT PADILLA ON STAGE PREPARE FOR THE PROGRAM. MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT WERE ON HAND TO WELCOME THE DELANO STRIKERS AS THEY CROSSED OVER THE SACRAMENTO RIVER AND WALKED UP CAPITOL MALL TO THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING. GOVERNOR PAT BROWN SNUBBED THE FARMWORKERS; HE WAS VACATIONING AT THE ESTATE OF FRANK SINATRA IN PALM SPRINGS. HE WOULD NOT BE RE-ELECTED GOVERNOR.
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311171 viewsIN THE LAST DAYS OF THE MARCH, THE CROWDS BECAME SO LARGE, THAT PARTS OF THE HIGHWAY HAD TO BE CLOSED TO ACCOMODATE THEM. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS HISTORIC EVENT.
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DOLORES HUERTA AT U.S. SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING IN DELANO 19661165 views
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