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#ThisDayInHistory: On April 29, 1993, Cesar Chavez was honored in death by those he led in life. More than 50,000 mourners honored the labor leader at the site of his first public fast in 1968 & his last in 1988, the UFW Delano Field Office at Forty Acres. #NationalChavezCenter
Today we honor the life and legacy of Coretta Scott King King, who was born on April 27, 1927. 📸: Coretta King stands with Cesar Chavez singing “We Shall Overcome” in 1972 while visiting him during his 24-day fast in Phoenix, Arizona. @TheKingCenter #NationalChavezCenter
“People forget that the soil is our sustenance. It is a sacred trust. It is what has worked for us for centuries. It is what we pass on to future generations...” -Cesar Chavez 🎨: Brian Degnon #NationalChavezCenter #EarthDay #NationalParkWeek
Happy Birthday to Ethel Kennedy. Ethel is a long time supporter of the Farm Workers Movement, from visiting Cesar Chavez in the Salinas jail in 1970 to helping him end his fast over pesticides in Delano in 1988. @RPCoalition @RFKHumanRights #NationalChavezCenter #RFKHumanRights
This Day In History: On Easter Sunday in 1966, Cesar Chavez led the Delano grape pickers' strike to the steps of the California Capitol in Sacramento after a 300-mile, 25-day pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento. #NationalChavezCenter
¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Cesar! Your unfailing faith in ordinary people doing extraordinary things inspires our work every day. #NationalChavezCenter
As Women's History Month nears an end, we honor Jessica Govea. Her many achievements include directing key grape boycotts in Canada during the '60s & early '70s, elected leader of the UFW and a labor educator, teaching at Rutgers and Cornell universities. #NationalChavezCenter
This Day in History, the First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, visited the historic Villa La Paz property for a naturalization ceremony where 31 citizenship candidates from nine nations became U.S. citizens. #NationalChavezCenter #SiSePuede
Today on World Story Day, we celebrate the art of oral storytelling and are reminded that stories are key to knowledge, education, and learning passed on from generation to generation. What are some stories that have been passed on to you? #NationalChavezCenter
This week for Women's History Month, we continue honoring Mujeres of The Movement by spotlighting Jessie De La Cruz. Jessie never faltered in her devotion to Cesar Chavez and La Causa as a movement icon and one of its first women organizers. #NationalChavezCenter #SiSePuede
This Day in History: A milestone in 1960s civil rights history occurred when Senator Robert F. Kennedy came to Delano the first time in 1966. Robert F. Kennedy was the first national political figure to unequivocally embrace the grape strikers. 📷 @FresnoBee #NationalChavezCenter
We wish a month of joy, peace, and prosperity to all observing Ramadan. 📷: Martyr's Rock at the National Chavez Center, dedicated to the people who lost their lives during the struggle for civil rights for farmworkers. #NationalChavezCenter
In honor of Women's History Month, we pay tribute to the Mujeres of the Movement, beginning with Helen Chavez. Humble but fiercely determined, Helen was Cesar's strongest supporter & a surrogate mother to countless movement volunteers. #NationalChavezCenter #SiSePuede
It's National Walking the Dog Day, so grab your walking shoes and take your favorite doggo for a stroll. 🐶 📸: Cesar with his pups, Boycott and Huelga by Cathy Murphy. #nationalchavezcenter
Our favorite love birds Helen & Cesar Chavez.💕 📸: Near Monterey around Oct 1948. #NationalChavezCenter #ValentinesDay
We celebrate Black History Month by remembering U.S. Representative John R. Lewis, who worked closely with Cesar Chavez campaigning for Senator Robert F. Kennedy during the 1968 California Democratic presidential primary. #NationalChavezCenter #BlackHistoryMonth
Today marks the 18th anniversary of the death of Coretta Scott King, widow of the great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 📸: She stands with Cesar singing "We Shall Overcome" in 1972 while visiting him during his 24-day fast in Phoenix, Arizona. #NationalChavezCenter @TheKingCenter
Today, Helen Fabela Chavez would have turned 96 years old. Helen's faith and support never wavered through all the challenges she endured, allowing Cesar to accomplish all he did through the farmworker movement. #NationalChavezCenter #SiSePuede
#ThisDayinHistory: Cesar Chavez holds the short-handled hoe, a "symbol of suffering," during a news conference at MacArthur Park in a push to restore private-sector Cal-OSHA to state control. In November of that year, Proposition 97 passed. 📸 by @latimes #NationalChavezCenter
Happy New Year from the National Chavez Center! 📷: Victor Aleman #NationalChavezCenter #SiSePuede
