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171728 viewsJIM HOLLAND, A UNION CARPENTER AND ACTIVIST, FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA MADE THE CIRCULAR PICKET SIGNS THAT READ: HUELGA AND NFWA ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE AZTEC EAGLE, THE SYMBOL CHOSEN BY CESAR CHAVEZ TO DEPICT HIS UNION. THESE UNUSUAL SHAPED PICKET SIGNS HAD THE LOOK OF SHIELDS USED BY ROMAN CENTURIONS AND WERE UNIVERSALLY ACCLAIMED PHOTO PROPS USED BY EVERY PHOTOGRAPHER - SEVERAL DOZEN OR MORE - WHO FOCUSED A CAMERA ON THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT.
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BROTHERS OF THE SUN – Luana Boutilier ©1725 views
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DOLORES HUERTA AUDIO-TAPED BY GROWER JACK PANDOL ON THE PICKET LINE DELANO 19661711 views
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191666 viewsTHE DELANO STRIKERS HAD NO MONEY FOR FOOD, CLOTHING, RENT, UTILITIES, ETC. THEY WERE COMPLETELY DEPENDENT UPON THE CHARITY AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF OUTSIDERS - UNIONS, CHURCHES, COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS. FOOD CARAVANS WERE ORGANIZED IN MAJOR CALIFORNIA CITIES. OFTEN THEY ARRIVED IN DELANO LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, UNLOAD THEIR GOODS AT THE STRIKE COMMISARY, AND ATTEND THE WEEKLY UNION MEETING AT FILIPINO HALL WHERE THEY PRESENTED THE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAD COLLECTED.
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181659 viewsTHE DELANO STRIKERS SACRIFICED MUCH: PAYING JOBS, NEW CLOTHES, A BETTER AUTOMOBILE AND SOME LOST THEIR HOMES, BUT THEY WERE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR A UNION BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IT WOULD BRING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A BETTER LIFE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.
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02AA1656 viewsWITH 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.
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