MARCH TO SACRAMENTO - AT REST - B/W
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MARCH CAPTAIN ROBERTO BUSTOS DISTRIBUTES SODAS TO THIRSTY MARCHERS DURING A LUNCH BREAK
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DURING A LUNCH BREAK, CESAR CHAVEZ SITS WITH HIS DAUGHTER LINDA. HE IS EXHAUSTED.
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NFWA NURSE PEGGY MCGIVERN WAS AN ANGEL SENT TO CURE BLISTERS. DURING THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS OF THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO A VERITABLE PLAGUE OF BLISTERS AFFLICTED THE MARCHERS.
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NFWA NURSE PEGGY MCGIVERN WORKED FAR INTO THE NIGHT PRICKING BLISTERS, APPLYING MEDICATION AND BANDAGING FEET.
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MUSIC ACCOMPANIED THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO ALONG THE ENTIRE 300 MILE ROUTE.
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CESAR CHAVEZ ORGANIZED PEOPLE BY LISTENING TO THEM. HIS ATTENTION NEVER WAVERED, HE WAS NEVER DISTRACTED, HE LISTENED.
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THIS GROUP SHOT IS AN HISTORIC PHOTO. THESE ARE THE FARMWORKERS FROM PORTERVILLE WHO HAD FOUNDED THEIR OWN FLEDGLING UNION IN 1964. AFTER THE DELANO GRAPE STRIKE, THEY VOTED TO MERGE WITH CESAR CHAVEZ. PORTERVILLE WORKERS WERE STEADFAST AND LOYAL.
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THE DONATION OF NEW BOOTS TO THE MARCHING FARMWORKERS WAS WELL INTENTIONED BUT A MASSIVE OUTBREAK OF BLISTERS WAS THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.
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FARMWORKER CHILDREN WAIT EXPECTANTLY FOR THE EVENING MEAL TO BE SERVED TO THE MARCHING STRIKERS AND THOSE WHO CAME TO THE RALLY.
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TONIGHT THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO WILL BIVOUAC IN THE CITY PARK AND THE RALLY WILL TAKE PLACE THERE. FARMWORKER CHILDREN TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY.
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LINDA CHAVEZ DIPS HER CUP INTO THE MAKESHIFT PUNCH BOWL AS THE EVENING MEAL IS SERVED TO THE DELANO STRIKERS.
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A MARCH OF SIX OR SEVEN HOURS IS EXHAUSTING. TIME TO REST UP FOR THE NEXT DAY.
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