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DOLORES HUERTA AT U.S. SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING IN DELANO 19661156 views
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121153 viewsCESAR CHAVEZ ARCHES HIS BACK AND LEANS BACK EVER SO SLIGHTLY TO DRAW HIS AUDIENCE FORWARD.
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091148 viewsWITH FULL EYE CONTACT AND TEETH CLENCHED, CESAR CHAVEZ REACHES OUT WITH BOTH ARMS ALMOST FULLY EXTENDED AND HIS RIGHT HAND MAKES A GRASPING-LIKE GESTURE.
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341147 viewsCAPITALIZING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO - ONLY DAYS BEFORE THE FARMWORKERS ARRIVED IN SACRAMENTO, SCHENLEY INDUSTRIES, A MAJOR U.S. LIQUOR COMPANY RECOGNIZED THE NFWA AND AGREED TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT - CESAR CHAVEZ ORGANIZED A MARCH IN SAN FRANCISCO TO ANNOUNCE THE START OF A CONSUMER BOYCOTT AGAINST THE SAN FRANCISCO-BASED DIGIORGIO CORPORATION.
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101122 viewsA CLASSIC CESAR CHAVEZ SPEAKING POSE: BODY PITCHED FORWARD SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT, HIS LEFT ARM BENT AT THE ELBOW USES A SINGLE FINGER JUTTING UPWARD TO POKE THE AUDIENCE WITH HIS POINT - HIS RIGHT ARM HELD LOOSELY AND RELAXED BY HIS SIDE.
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411119 viewsIN AUGUST 1966, BILL KIRCHER, THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING FOR THE AFL-CIO, NEGOTIATED A MERGER BETWEEN AWOC AND THE NFWA, WHICH WOULD BECOME UFWOC (United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO). CESAR CHAVEZ WAS NAMED PRESIDENT, AND LARRY ITLIONG WAS NAMED VICE-PRESIDENT. IN THIS PHOTOS CESAR CHAVEZ AND LARRY ITLIONG DISPLAY THE NEW AFL-CIO CHARTER, WHICH AUTHORIZED THEIR NEW UNION.
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And when Cesar and Dolores started telling stories, everyone gathered around: Jan Peterson, Al Rojas, Richard Chavez, Joey Rubio, Dolores Huerta, Frank Ortiz, Jim Drake's left shoulder, Jessica Govea, Marshall Ganz, Susan Drake's right knee, and Cesar.1117 views
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331102 viewsCESAR CHAVEZ AND THE MARCH TO SACRAMENTO GAVE FARMWORKERS HOPE. HE EMPOWERED THEM TO BELIEVE THAT IF THEY WERE WILLING TO SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF LA CAUSA, THEY WOULD HAVE A VOICE, THEY WOULD BE HEARD, THEY WOULD ENJOY THE SAME RIGHTS AS OTHER WORKERS IN THE U.S.
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351101 viewsDELANO FARMWORKERS, JOINED BY OTHER LABOR UNION WORKERS, CAME TO SAN FRANCISCO TO MARCH AND CARRY "BOYCOTT DIGIORGIO" PICKET SIGNS.
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DOLORES HUERTA AT MEMORIAL MARCH FOR CESAR CHAVEZ SACRAMENTO 19941100 views
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