United Farm Workers Mass 1972
Date6/5/1972
MediumPaper
Dimensions3 x 5 in. (7.6 x 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2008.11.96
DescriptionA black and white photo of aspect of United Farm Workers' mass in Phoenix to end Chavez's hunger strike. Shows speaker at microphone with a flowered cross and a wall hanging behind him.
Photos 2008.22.96 through 126 all show the mass attended by 5000 people through Arizona and several other states. The event was held at the Del Webb Townhouse on North Central Avenue. It was the end of Cesar Chavez's fast. He had become so weak he had to use a wheelchair. The fast was meant as a call to sacrifice for justice and as a reminder of how much suffering there is among farm workers. An enormous voter registration program and a recall after this event sent the first Mexican Americans and Navajos to the Arizona Legislature. The fast was a response to a law that was quickly shoved through in order to outlaw boycotts and strikes during harvest season.
Status
Not on view
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