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Artist:
Ernest Lowe  Search this
Sitter:
Cesar Estrada Chavez, 31 Mar 1927 - 23 Apr 1993  Search this
Medium:
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 17 x 24.1 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/2")
Type:
Photograph
Place:
United States\California\Sacramento\Sacramento
Date:
1966
Exhibition Label:
On March 17, 1966, Cesar Chavez and approximately 100 individuals set off on a march from the town of Delano and onto Highway 99. Hundreds of supporters gathered along the way through the farmland of California’s Central Valley. Twenty-five days later, when the procession arrived in Sacramento on Easter Sunday, the crowd had increased to 10,000, making this the largest demonstration of farm workers to date in the history of California.
This photograph was taken during Chavez’s address to the ecstatic audience. The movement had achieved its first victory a few days before the end of the pilgrimage when, afraid of bad publicity, Schenley Industries signed a contract with the National Farm Workers Association recognizing the union’s demands. In solidarity, the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee served as the signatory witness.
El 17 de marzo de 1966, César Chávez y alrededor de cien personas iniciaron una marcha desde el pueblo de Delano hacia la Carretera 99. Cientos de simpatizantes se les unieron a lo largo de la ruta a través de los campos del Valle Central de California. Veinticinco días después, cuando la procesión llegó a Sacramento el domingo de Pascua, los manifestantes ya sumaban 10,000, con lo cual esta ha sido la manifestación más grande de obreros campesinos en la historia de California hasta hoy.
Esta foto se tomó durante el discurso de Chávez ante la jubilosa audiencia. El movimiento había logrado su primera victoria pocos días antes de terminar la peregrinación, cuando Schenley Industries, temerosa de la mala prensa, firmó un convenio con la Asociación Nacional de Trabajadores Campesinos en el que reconocía las exigencias del sindicato. En un gesto solidario, el Comité Organizador de Trabajadores Agrícolas sirvió como testigo signatario.
Topic:
Exterior\Cityscape  Search this
Cesar Estrada Chavez: Male  Search this
Cesar Estrada Chavez: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Labor leader  Search this
Cesar Estrada Chavez: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist  Search this
Cesar Estrada Chavez: Military and Intelligence\Navy  Search this
Cesar Estrada Chavez: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.2010.10
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Copyright:
© Ernest Lowe
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4699c1008-a823-4e5c-841f-472e2c0dbee9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2010.10