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
This photo was taken in the early days of the Fast, the group gathered for the Catholic Mass is composed almost exclusively of the Delano area strikers and their families. As word of Chavez’s fast began to spread, the crowd would grow to such size, the makeshift chapelĀ could not accomodate them.
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