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13CESAR CHAVEZ CROUCHES FORWARD, ALL EYES ON HIM, EXCEPT HIS SECURITY DETAIL.Feb 12, 2008
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14WITH SHOULDERS HUNCHED OVER, CESAR CHAVEZ USES BOTH HANDS TO REEL IN HIS AUDIENCE.Feb 12, 2008
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15CESAR CHAVEZ STRAIGHTENS UP, ARCHES HIS BACK BY BRING BOTH ELBOWS BACK, AND WITH HANDS AT HIS SIDE BEGINS THE WIND DOWN OF HIS SPEECH.Feb 12, 2008
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16WITH ONE LAST POINT TO BE MADE, CESAR CHAVEZ REACHES OUT TO THE AUDIENCE WITH HIS RIGHT ARM TO MAKE IT.Feb 12, 2008
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18WITH BOTH HANDS CLASPED BEHIND HIS BACK IN A MILITARY "AT EASE" POSTURE, CESAR CHAVEZ HAS FINISHED SPEAKING. HE ASSESSES THE REACTION AND WAITS FOR THE QUESTIONS.Feb 12, 2008
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02ACESAR CHAVEZ, HAVING BEEN INTRODUCED, STANDS ON THE PICNIC TABLE, AND LOOKS OUT OVER THE FARMWORKER AUDIENCE. MOST OFTEN BEFORE SPEAKING, CESAR CHAVEZ WOULD GATHER HIMSELF, REFLECT FOR A FEW SECONDS AND MANY TIMES HIS EYES WOULD MIST UP AS HE BEGAN TO SPEAK.

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21ARMS AT HIS SIDE, LEANING BACK ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, CESAR CHAVEZ ENJOYS THE COMMENT FROM A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE.Feb 12, 2008
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19EYES TO HIS LEFT, CESAR CHAVEZ LISTENS TO THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE. Feb 12, 2008
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01THE YEAR IS 1973 DURING THE EARLY SUMMER GRAPE HARVEST IN THE ARVIN-LAMONT AREA, SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA. CESAR CHAVEZ AND HIS UNITED FARM WORKERS UNION HAVE CALLED A STRIKE. THE SETTING FOR THIS SERIES OF PHOTOS IS A PUBLIC PARK WHERE A STRIKE RALLY TAKES PLACE AT WHICH CESAR CHAVEZ IS THE MAIN SPEAKER. AS HE ARRIVES, CESAR IS SURROUNDED BY FARMWORKERS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS AS HE MAKES HIS WAY TO THE MAKE-SHIFT SPEAKERS PODIUM - A PICNIC TABLE IN THE SHADE OF THE PARK TREES.Feb 12, 2008
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02CESAR CHAVEZ TAKES HIS PLACE IN THE AUDIENCE, PARTICIPATES IN THE STRIKE RALLY, AND WAITS FOR HIS INTRODUCTION.Feb 12, 2008
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02AAWITH HIS PALM DOWN AND HIS RIGHT ARM HELD OUT, CESAR CHAVEZ BRINGS THE APPLAUSE OF THE AUDIENCE TO A CLOSE AND HE BEGINS HIS SPEECH WITH A NOTE OF HUMOR.Feb 12, 2008
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04WITH HIS RIGHT FIST STILL CLOSE BY HIS BODY, CESAR CHAVEZ MAKES A FIST WITH THIS LEFT HAND AND REACHES OUT AND UPWARD WITH HIS LEFT ARM ALMOST FULLY EXTENDED CARRYING HIS BODY WITH HIM AND CATCHING HIMSELF BY TRANSFERRING ALL HIS WEIGHT TO HIS LEFT FOOT. HIS FACIAL EXPRESSION PLEADS FOR UNDERSTANDING.Feb 12, 2008
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