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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Finding the Message and Creating the Union: 1962-70 | |
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| Cesar Chavez Talks About Organizing and About the History of the NFWA, December 1965 | |
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| Sacramento March Letter, March 1966 | |
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| The Plan of Delano (English and Spanish versions), 1966 | |
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| Chavez Speech at Solidarity House, April 1, 1967 | |
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| Cesar Chavez Talks in New York, 1968 | |
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| Good Friday Letter, 1969 | |
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| Testimony before the Subcommittee of Labor of the Senate Subcommittee on Labor and Public Welfare, April 16, 1969 | |
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| Years of Triumph: 1970-75 | |
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| Chavez at Austin, Texas, February 6, 1971 | |
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| Speech at Exposition Park, May 2, 1971 | |
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| Cesar Chavez on Money and Organizing, October 4, 1971 | |
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| Chavez at the University of Santa Clara, October 26, 1972 | |
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| Speech in Coachella, 1973 | |
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| Speech at Convention of International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Los Angeles, June 1974 | |
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| Ongoing Challenges, Heady Triumphs, Discouraging Defeats, 1976-83 | |
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| Nomination Address for Governor Jerry Brown, Democratic National Convention, July 14, 1976 | |
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| Cesar Chavez Goes Home, June 25, 1978 | |
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| Martin Luther King, Jr.: He Showed Us the Way, April 1978 | |
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| Summary of the President's Address to the Texas Organizing Convocation, Pharr, Texas, February 25, 1979 | |
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| Notes for Speech to the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries, 1981 | |
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| Notes for Speech to Graduating Negotiations Class, 1982 | |
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| The Difficult Last Decade: 1984-93 | |
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| Address to the UFW's 7th Constitutional Convention, September 1984 | |
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| Address to the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, November 9, 1984 | |
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| Speech to the Los Angeles County Chicano Employee Association, October 25, 1985 | |
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| Wrath of Grapes Boycott Speech, 1986 | |
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| United Farm Workers of America: Pecan Workers Speech, Arizona, 1987 (English and Spanish versions) | |
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| Speech at Pacific Lutheran University, March 1989 | |
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| Statement from Cesar Chavez, Sacramento, April 3, 1991 | |
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| Address Before the Building Industry Association of Northern California, San Jose, November 21, 1991 | |
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| Chavez's Ceremonial Speaking | |
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| Speech Ending Fast, March 10, 1968 | |
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| Statement by Cesar Chavez at the End of His Twenty-Four-Day Fast for Justice, Phoenix, Arizona, June 4, 1972 | |
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| Statement Ending Fast, Delano, California, August 21, 1988 | |
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| Eulogy for Juana Estrada Chavez, San Jose, California, December 18, 1991 | |
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| Eulogy for Fred Ross, San Francisco, October 17, 1992 | |
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| Eulogy for Nan Freeman, 1972 | |
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| Eulogy for Juan de la Cruz, Arvin, California, August 21, 1973 | |
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| Eulogy for Rufino Contreras, Calexico, California, February 14, 1979 | |
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| Eulogy for Rene Lopez, Fresno, California, September 1983 | |
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| Notes | |