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Cesar Chavez speaking at a press conference at St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, Washington, May 14, 1974
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| Title | Cesar Chavez speaking at a press conference at St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, Washington, May 14, 1974 |
| Photographer | Wallen, Don
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| Date | 1974 |
| Historical Background | Cesar Chavez led the historic non-violent movement for farm worker's rights and dedicated himself to building a movement of poor working people that extended beyond the fields and into cities and towns across the nation. In 1962, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which would soon after become the United Farm Workers. When Filipino American farm workers initiated the Delano grape strike on September 8, 1965, to protest for higher wages, Chávez eagerly supported them. The strike lasted five years and attracted national attention. In the early 1970s, the UFW organized strikes and boycotts to protest for, and later win, higher wages for those farm workers who were working for grape and lettuce growers. His press conferences in Seattle in 1974 were part of a series of nationwide appearances given by Chavez in an effort to rally support for the UFW. |
| Notes | Wallen 640a |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993
Labor leaders--United States
Press conferences--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Modern Photographers Collection
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| Order Number | MPH1535 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Don Wallen Collection |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin; b&w |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2010 |
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