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
Cesar and Helen Chavez were devout Catholics, as were many of the Delano Strikers. Here Helen Chavez receives communion from Father Mark Day, a Franciscan priest who had been assigned to work fulltime with the farmworker movement.
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