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PEOPLE WERE ECSTATIC! WITH THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO CESAR CHAVEZ AND THE DELANO STRIKERS HAD PUT THE CAUSE OF FARMWORKERS ON THE NATIONAL STAGE.Jun 11, 2009
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THIS JON LEWIS PHOTOGRAPH FROM ATOP THE STATE CAPITOL PORTICO CAPTURES THE MASSIVE SUPPORT FOR THE CAUSE OF THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT.Jun 11, 2009
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CESAR CHAVEZ SPOKE QUIETLY AND SIMPLY. THE AUDIENCE LISTENED IN RAPT ATTENTIONJun 11, 2009
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PARENTS BROUGHT YOUNG CHILDREN TO MARCH WEARING THEIR SUNDAY BEST AS IF ATTENDING A RELIGIOUS PROCESSION.Jun 11, 2009
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ON TODAY'S MARCH, THE CROSS LEADS, THE BANNER OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE NEXT, THE MEXICAN FLAG ALONG WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG, ALL FOLLOWED BY THE HUELGA FLAGS OF THE NFWA.Jun 11, 2009
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IN ORDER TO KEEP TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET, THE MARCH CAPTAIN THINS OUT THE LINE OF MARCHERS WALKING THROUGH A VALLEY TOWN.Jun 11, 2009
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THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO IS NOW ONLY A FEW DAYS MARCH FROM SACRAMENTO, THE MARCHERS ENTER THE COMMUNITY HALL FOR THE EVENING RALLY.Jun 11, 2009
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AS THE RANKS OF THE MARCHERS SWELLED, THEY TOOK UP ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC AS THEY WALKED THROUGH VALLEY TOWNS.Jun 11, 2009
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TODAY THE MARCH IS LEAD BY THE BANNER OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE AND FLANKED BY THE MEXICAN AND AMERICAN FLAGS. THE CROSS FOLLOWS. NOTICE THE CROSS HAS NOW BEEN COVERED IN WHITE CLOTH AND DECORATED WITH FLOWERS, A PAIR OF ROSARY BEADS AND HUELGA BUTTONS.Jun 11, 2009
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FARMWORKERS FROM PORTERVILLE WERE HUGE SUPPORTERS OF THE DELANO STRIKERS AND THEY CARRIED PORTERVILLE SIGNS IN THE MARCH TO SHOW THEIR SOLIDARITY.Jun 11, 2009
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WHAT SUCCESS!! THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO ARRIVES AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING IN SACRAMENTO ON EASTER SUNDAY 1966.Jun 11, 2009
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THE MARCHERS STAND ON THE STEPS OF THE STATE CAPITOL. TO HONOR EASTER SUNDAY THE CROSS HAS BEEN WRAPPED IN WHITE AND DECORATED WITH FLOWERS.Jun 11, 2009
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