United Farm Workers | The Grape Strike | 2
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The Plan of Delano
Louise Valdez Valdez was born in a Delano farm worker camp to Mexican immigrant parents. The 25 year old playwright from San Jose had the idea to create short plays to entertain and educate farm workers about the message behind their movement with Chavez's blessing he organized a farm workers theater troupe called el tiatro compencino With input from Chavez and Dolores Huerta Valdez wrote a short manifesto called the plan of Delano which would be read at each stop during the marches route. On March 17 1966 Caesar Chavez gathered with nearly 50 supporters in front of the nfw headquarters in Delano to begin the march. A line of patrol cars and mounted police blocking your path
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