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United Farm Workers | The Grape Strike | 2
American History Tellers
Caesar Chavez's Civil Rights Struggle
In the fall of 1965 Delano grape growers reaped a record harvest despite the strike they had continued operations by bringing in scab labor and violently cracking down on picketers. In early February 1966 while the strike continued and the Shanley boycott gained steam Chavez summoned NFWA leadership to a supporters home in Santa Barbara to plan their next moves. A 25-day 300 mile march from Delano to the capital building in Sacramento 18 stops were planned along the way in towns that had farm labor camps populated by Mexican and Filipino field workers. Despite never having attended high school Chavez was an avid reader with one book he read about mausé dung's long march into China.
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