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On this day - December 3, 1970

Cesar Chavez Jailed For Leading Boycott Against Coercive Farmers

On December 3, 1970, Cesar Chavez was jailed for his refusal to end a boycott on farmers who engaged in coercive, violent, and unjust labor practices against Latino migrant farmworkers. During the summer of 1970, farm owners in California’s Salinas Valley, with the assistance of the Teamsters Union, used coercive tactics to prevent Latino migrant farm workers from joining Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers union. In response, the United Farm Workers union organized a massive strike in the Salinas Valley.

As retaliation for participating in the strike, farm owners fired hundreds of Latino migrant farmworkers and targeted the workers with violence. Striking farmworkers and leaders of the United Farm Workers were attacked and beaten throughout the strike, and in November 1970, the offices of the United Farm Workers in the Salinas Valley were bombed.

As the strike continued, movement leader Cesar Chavez organized a boycott of lettuce produced by farms that had used coercive tactics against the United Farm Workers. The farm owners sought an anti-boycott injunction, which was granted by a Monterey County judge. When Mr. Chavez refused to end the boycott, he was charged with contempt of court for violating the injunction. On December 3, 1970, Judge Gordon Campbell sentenced Mr. Chavez to an indefinite jail term and warned him that “improper and evil methods cannot be used to achieve even noble objectives.”

Cesar Chavez spent 21 days in jail before being released on December 24, 1970. He was held in an isolation cell but received visits from Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy. In early 1971, the California Supreme Court held that the injunction against the strike was unconstitutional, and Cesar Chavez's contempt conviction was overturned.

Another great hero of mine.

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Look what we found in the archives...

A small United Farm Workers (UFW) banner!

The UFW was founded in 1962 by Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and other labor leaders. The flag was designed by Richard Chavez, Cesar’s brother. Remarking on the flag, Cesar Chavez stated, “A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride. When people see it they know it means dignity.”

This item was found during a year-long survey that the Kheel Center is conducting to better document and describe our collections.

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Cesar Chavez 🤝 Dolores Huerta Defending the rights of farmworkers

Viva la Causa! #HispanicHeritageMonth

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It really kills me how little we are taught about the crimes of the so-called United States of Amerika against the Chicano people, in school we at least get told slavery and Jim crow and the trail of tears happened. Sure the realty is down played, and often the narrative around slavery becomes a "and then the heroic union freed all the slaves, thank god for white northerners!", but at least these crimes are mentioned. Not a single word was said to me in school about the treatment of the Chicanos, not a single one. I still know next to nothing about the history of Aztlan, and I am ashamed to admit that the first time I heard the word Chicano was reading a document by MIM (prisons).

“This society has done a good effort of hiding our history and ardently trying to erase our identity. It is OUR duty to fight to expose it to the general population but in particular to our Chicano youth. We have struggled and our blood is spilt all across Aztlan in the fields, in the barrios, and school campuses to prisons.”

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The CA State Library is closed tomorrow in honor of Cesar Chavez Day. A civil rights icon and labor leader, Chavez co-founded the National Farm Workers Association with Dolores Huerta. The rallying cry, "Sí se puede," inspired change, leading workers, who wore buttons like the ones below, in the grape strike to secure higher wages, health plans, and safety measures. #CesarChavez

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“…Is it so much to ask that the poorest people of the land have a measure of justice?” - #CesarChavez

"… ¿Es mucho pedir que las personas más pobres de la tierra tengan un poco de justicia?" - CésarChavez

Image description: A Latine mestizo man with brown skin and short black hair graying at his forehead looks out to the image's left with glasses in hand, speaking into a microphone. There is a hill or field behind him and wooden beams framing the photo.

— United Farm Workers (@UFWupdates) March 30, 2024

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Here's my #8thRocksShuffle #8thRocks dance video w/whirlwind sound effects/high tone version of #TejanoMusic called Nightfall by #AJCastillo on YouTube to pay tribute to the pioneer Mexican-American civil rights activist, #CesarChavez. Also click the like, share, subscribe, & hit a notification button on my YouTube channel. #TejanoSong #Tejano #ChicanoMovement

Here's a link of my dance video on YouTube:

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Today In History Cesar Chavez born March 31, 1927, was an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). | CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #cartermagazine #carter #staywoke #historyandhiphop365 #cesarchavez https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFRx_grzFm/?igshid=anmfp6yxak3n

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#cesarchavez ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿 https://www.instagram.com/p/CNF9WREnqPV/?igshid=1ks2kbqg3xx66

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Hispanic Heritage Month ✍️Cesar Chavez sketch 🇲🇽 #cesarchavez #doloreshuerta #civilrights #art #artwork #artsy #artistic #artgallery #artiftheday #dibujo #duende_arts_help #drawing #dailyarts #illustration #painting #art_dailydose #pencilacademy #worldofartists #arte #artofinstagram #sketch #young_artists_help #dibujosalapiz #artista #mexico ##hispanicheritagemonth (at Ontario, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVQYPYfJSap/?utm_medium=tumblr

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‘In Truth Lies Courage’ Work by Tristan Eaton, Sonny Boy and Dropdead Grace in Highland Park.

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Archives Go for Gold 🥇Labor Olympian

As we gear up for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, we're putting our own spin on it: who could've been a ✨Labor✨Olympian? 🎖️

Cesar Chavez was an American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist, who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers union.

Chavez, a Mexican American, became well known for his civil rights acts and nonviolent tactics he used with farm workers unionizing. By the late 1970s, his tactics had forced growers to recognize the UFW as the bargaining agent for 50,000 field workers in California and Florida. He has become an icon for organized labor and leftist politics, symbolizing support for workers and for Hispanic empowerment. He is famous for popularizing the slogan "Si, se puede", or "Yes, we can", which was adopted as the 2008 campaign slogan of Barack Obama.

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📸 Photo from Collection 6037 P.

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#HispanicHeritageMonth Credit - @fearlessyaya • Dolores Huerta is a living civil rights icon. She has spent most of her life as a political activist, fighting for better working conditions for farmworkers and the rights of the undocumented immigrants, women rights a firm believer in the power of political organizing to effect change. ⁠ ⁠ While Dolores was busy fighting economic injustice, she was also breaking down gender barriers everywhere. Follow and support doloreshuerta + @doloreshuertafd as she continued to lobby to push to elect more Latinx representatives to office, and is a champion for women's rights. ⁠ ⁠ As a granddaughter of a Farmer I know first hand how hardworking and how important they are to every community. Undocumented Farmers in this country are the unsung essential workers that have kept us safe and feed through out this pandemic. They desrve a path to citizenship and higher wages. ⁠ ⁠ Which Latinas activist Inspire you? Tell Me in the comments below:⁠ ⁠ Latina Heritage Collection will launch on 10/15 at 6PM EST. Get on the waitlist to receive exclusive discounts and freebies. (Link in bio)⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #doloreshuerta #radicalgirlgang #latinxheritagemonth #doloreshuertafoundation #farmworkers #farmworkersrights #unitedfarmworkers #cesarchavez #sísepuede #sisepuede💪 #chicanorights #latinx #latinapower #latinarights #latinxinpolitics #hispanicheritagemonth #latinawomen #latinaowned #latinxbrand⁠ (at Broward College South Campus) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUNyPbYLgML/?utm_medium=tumblr

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“History will judge societies and governments - and their institutions - not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and powerful, but how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless.” - Cesar Chavez • #Quote #CesarChavez #CesarChavezDay #IncomeInequality #Poor #AGreatLeader https://www.instagram.com/p/CNF1rWIlEQR/?igshid=1rs5t362lde5l