Cesar Chavez Leads Delano Grape Strike (mar 17, 1966 – mar 17, 1966)
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Cesar Chavez, general director of the National Farm Workers Association, leads 75 Latino and Filipino farm workers on a historic 340-mile march from Delano, California to the state capitol in Sacramento. Drawing attention to the demands of grape growers, the march, held at the onset of a strike that would last five years, lasts 25 days, and upon arrival in Sacramento on Easter Sunday, the group is met by a crowd of 10,000. Later that summer, the NFWA merges with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to form the United Farm Workers union that affiliates with the AFL-CIO.https://www.history.com/topics/hispanic-history/hispanic-latinx-milestones
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mar 17, 1966
mar 17, 1966
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