| Most viewed - > JON LEWIS: "1966 CESAR CHAVEZ AND HIS NFWA" |
361058 viewsAT CITY HALL IN SAN FRANCISCO, CESAR CHAVEZ ANNOUNCED THE BOYCOTT TO SEVERAL THOUSAND FARMWORKER SUPPORTERS.
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501053 viewsAFTER THE VICTORY ANNOUNCEMENT, THE DELANO STRIKERS CARRY CESAR CHAVEZ ON THEIR SHOULDERS FOR A WELL-DESERVED VICTORY LAP AROUND FILIPINO HALL. VIVA LA CAUSA! VIVA LA HUELGA! VIVA CESAR CHAVEZ!
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401043 viewsAT THE END OF EACH FARMWORKER MEETING, THE CLOSING PRAYER - "WE SHALL OVERCOME" - WAS SUNG. IN THIS PHOTO, THE DELANO SUMMER PROJECT VOLUNTEERS JOINED THE FARMWORKERS, LEARNED TO CROSS THEIR ARMS, HOLD HANDS, AND SING THE WORDS.
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491039 viewsAFTER THE POLLS WERE CLOSED, THE BALLOT BOXES WERE DRIVEN TO SAN FRANCISCO ACCOMPANIED BY THE ELECTION OBSERVORS REPRESENTING ALL THE PARTIES. THE BOXES WERE OPENED LATER THAT DAY AND COUNTED. CESAR CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION TO THE FARMWORKERS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS WHO GATHERED AT FILIPINO HALL IN DELANO, HOPING AND PRAYING FOR A VICTORY. UFWOC - 530; TEAMSTERS - 331; NO UNION - 12. SO MUCH FOR THE GROWERS STRIKE PROPAGANDA "MY WORKERS DO NOT WANT A UNION."
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511038 viewsJON LEWIS WRITES: "I HAVE DOZENS OF PORTRAITS OF CESAR CHAVEZ IN MY 1966 PORTFOLIO, BUT OVER THE YEARS, THIS ONE HAS GROWN ON ME, AND I AM VERY PARTIAL TO IT."
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391031 viewsINTERJECTING THE 1960'S ENERGY AND IDEALISM OF COLLEGE STUDENTS INTO THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT MADE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE DELANO STRIKERS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS. IN TURN, THE HARD WORK, SACRIFICE, AND COMMITMENT OF THE FARMWORKERS TO THEIR LA CAUSA MADE A HUGE IMPRESSION ON THE STUDENTS. MOST LEFT AT THE END OF THE SUMMER AS PLANNED, BUT SOME STAYED ON FOR AS LONG AS A DECADE. THE FARMWORKER CONSUMER BOYCOTTS WERE BUILT BY THOUSANDS OF DEDICATED AND HARDWORKING STUDENT VOLUNTEERS.
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451030 viewsTHE DIGIORGIO CAMPAIGN BEGAN WITH A SERIES OF FARMWORKER RALLIES. LUIS VALDEZ WAS THE MC AND HIS SIDEKICK WAS THE GIFTED EL TEATRO MUSICIAN, AGUSTIN LIRA. WHEN LUIS VALDEZ STEPPED ONTO A FARMWORKER RALLY STAGE, HE LIT UP THE AUDIENCE. A UNIQUE TALENT WITH A LARGE AND CONFIDENT VOICE, AN INFECTIOUS LAUGH, AND WITH A LIGHTENING FAST WIT OF SELF-DEPRECATION, HE GATHERED UP THE AUDIENCE INTO THE PALM OF HIS HAND. LUIS VALDEZ, ORIGINALLY FROM DELANO, WAS A GOD-SEND VOLUNTEER TO THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT.
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371029 viewsIN 1964, THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT HAD ITS MISSISSIPPI SUMMER PROJECT, AND IN 1966, THE FARMWORKERMOVEMENT HAD ITS DELANO SUMMER PROJECT. COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERED TO COME TO DELANO TO HELP THE DELANO STRIKERS.
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421027 viewsAFTER THE MERGER, THE DELANO STRIKERS MARCHED AND PICKETED WITH THEIR NEW UFWOC FLAGS AND SIGNS. THE AZTEC EAGLE SURVIVED THE MERGER INTACT.
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531015 viewsJON LEWIS WRITES IN HIS INTRODUCTION TO HIS WEBSITE GALLERY: "IT WAS A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PHOTGRAPH STRONG MEN AND WOMEN STANDING. I'M PROUD TO HAVE STOOD WITH THEM."
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381012 viewsCESAR CHAVEZ RELISHED THESE VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION SESSIONS - HE WAS THE GIFTED MASTER TEACHER AND THE COLLEGE STUDENT VOLUNTEERS WERE HIS GRADUATE STUDENTS. CESAR CHAVEZ HAD THE ABILITY TO BREAKDOWN, ANALYZE, AND EXPLAIN COMPLEX ISSUES INTO CONCEPTS THAT COULD BE EASILY UNDERSTOOD - HE TALKED COMMON SENSE.
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431011 viewsAFTER THE MERGER, THE DELANO STRIKERS MARCHED AND PICKETED WITH THEIR NEW UFWOC FLAGS AND SIGNS. THE AZTEC EAGLE SURVIVED THE MERGER INTACT.
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