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
Standing above the crowd of farmworkers and their supporters, the priests celebrate the evening Catholic Mass. Behind the crowd you can view the tents that have been set up on the Forty Acres to provide housing accomodations for farmworkers and farmworker movement supporters who have traveled a great distance to be with Cesar Chavez duringĀ his public Fast.
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