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Publication Date
4-5-1977
Description
Cesar Chavez speaks at Oberlin during a hunger strike of over 1,000 students, their lunch money going toward the striking United Farm Workers. He discusses the poor working conditions of farm workers across the country and the necessity of their unionization, namely through boycotts and labor strikes.
Duration
51:34
Keywords
Labor union, Civil rights, National Farm Workers Association, Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, United Farm Workers, Voting, Nonviolent resistance, Delano Grape Strike, Community Service Organization, Salinas Lettuce Strike, Immigration, Third World Coalition, Oberlin Boycott Committee, Fasting, Farah Pant Boycott
Recommended Citation
Oberlin College Archives, "Cesar Chavez Speech" (1977). Archives Audio Visual Collection. 8.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/av/8
