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BOYCOTT SCREW - Andy Zermeno1862 views
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141844 viewsWINTER AND SUMMER, THE MOST FRUSTRATING WORK IMAGINABLE WAS TO MAN THE DELANO PICKET LINES AND CONVINCE THOUSANDS OF STRIKEBREAKERS WHO HAD BEEN IMPORTED BY THE GROWERS AND THEIR LABOR CONTRACTORS, TO LEAVE THE FIELDS AND JOIN THE STRIKE. MORE DIFFICULT STILL BECAUSE CESAR CHAVEZ AND HIS MOVEMENT WERE PLEDGED TO NONVIOLENCE.
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BOYCOTT LETTUCE 1972 – Susan Due Pearcy ©1818 views
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051684 viewsWITH HIS LEFT HAND CLOSE BY HIS SIDE, CESAR CHAVEZ EXTENDS HIS RIGHT ARM STRAIGHT AHEAD USING A SINGLE FINGER FROM HIS FIST POINTING A FINGER TO POINT AND MAKE DIRECT EYE CONTACT WITH A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE.
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151680 viewsCESAR CHAVEZ SPENT MUCH TIME, ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS JUST AFTER DAYBREAK, ON THE PICKET LINE. HE BELIEVED IT WAS THE BEST EDUCATION FOR WORKERS AND UNION VOLUNTEERS; BESIDES, HE WAS NOT THE KIND OF LEADER WHO EXEMPTED HIMSELF FROM THE HARD WORK HE ASKED OF OTHERS.
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CALIFORNIA FIELDS 1973 – Susan Due Pearcy ©1639 views
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161635 viewsA TOUCHING PHOTO SHOWING ONLY THE HAND OF A STRIKING FARMWORKER - A HAND WEATHERED BY AGE AND A LIFETIME OF BACK BREAKING FIELD WORK. THE STRIKER USES HIS HAND TO STRENGTHEN HIS APPEAL TO THE STRIKEBREAKERS PRUNING THE GRAPE VINES CLOSE BY THE ROADSIDE.
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