MARCH TO SACRAMENTO - B/W
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IN 1966 THERE WERE TWO FARMWORKER UNIONS - AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (AWOC) & NATIONAL FARM WORKERS ASSOCIATION (NFWA) - THE MARCH WAS SPONSORED BY NFWA BUT MANY AWOC MEMBERS SIGNED ON AS MARCHERS.
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THE MARCH IS LARGE BUT THE COUNTY ROAD IS TOO NARROW FOR THE MARCHERS TO USE, THEY WALK IN THE LOOSE DIRT BUT IT FEELS LIKE WALKING IN SAND.
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MARCHING ALONE UP THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA HIGHLIGHTS THE NUMBER OF POWER POLES THAT SCAR THE HORIZON.
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THE LATE AFTERNOON SUN CREATES A SILHOUETTE OF THE STANDARD BEARER.
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IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE MARCH, CESAR CHAVEZ CAME UP LAME BECAUSE OF BLISTERS AND FOR MANY DAYS HOBBLED ALONG WITH A CANE. HE WAS IN A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN AND IT SHOWED.
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FOR MUCH OF THE MARCH, THE BARRERA BROTHERS FROM PORTERVILLE PROVIDED THE DAYS MUSIC.
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OFTENTIMES FARMWORKER CHILDREN IN THE MARCH WERE DRESSED IN THEIR SUNDAY BEST, AS IF FOR A RELIGIOUS PROCESSION.
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JIM HOLLAND, A MARIN COUNTY CARPENTER AND FARMWORKER SUPPORTER, BUILT THESE ROUND HUELGA SIGNS FOR WHICH PHOTOGRAPHER JON LEWIS WAS ETERNALLY GRATEFUL BECAUSE THEY FRAMED SO MANY OF HIS SHOTS OF THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT.
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MARSHALL GANZ IN THE WHITE HAT, FORMER SNCC STAFF MEMBER IN MISSISSIPPI AND NOW WITH THE NFWA, WAS THE LOGISTICS MASTER BEHIND THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO.
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FARMWORKERS FROM PORTERVILLE PROVIDED MUCH OF THE MUSIC FOR THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO
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GEORGE ZARAGOSA, AN NFWA STRIKER, WAS ONE OF THE MARCH WARRIORS
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PHOTOGRAPHER JON LEWIS CREATES AN EXCEPTIONAL SHOT OF THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO
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