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
Some of the Delano strikers were not Catholics but Evangelicals and they too were invited to particpate in the evening religious service during the course of the Fast. These Evangelical ministers read from scripture and provided commentary at the conclusion of the Catholic Mass. By design, and of necessity, Cesar Chavez directed his farmworker movement to include all religions and races – no exceptions! He believed in ecumenism and practiced it.
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