FAST AT THE FORTY ACRES (Photo Essay)
In the Spring of 1968, Cesar Chavez fasted for 25 days to recommit his farmworker movement to nonviolence. The Fast took place on the outskirts of Delano at the union headquarters called Forty Acres. The commentary for these photos was written by LeRoy Chatfield.
FAST AT FORTY ACRES – KOUNS & LEWIS 1968
PHOTO BY JOHN KOUNS
In addition to the Franciscan priest, Father Mark Day, other priests who supported the cause of the farmworkers would come the Forty Acres during the Fast to participate in the Catholic Mass. Father Eugene Boyle from the San Francisco Archdiocese was one of those early and very active supporters of Cesar Chavez and his farmworker movement.
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