How Cesar Chavez fused community organizing with Catholicism to become a labor icon, according to a scholar of religion

How Cesar Chavez fused community organizing with Catholicism to become a labor icon, according to a scholar of religion

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On March 31, 1966, labor rights pioneer Cesar Chavez wasn’t celebrating his birthday in any usual manner. Rather, he was 14 days into a 25-day pilgrimage in California from Delano to Sacramento. Leading a group of striking farm laborers and supporters, Chavez’s plan was to build momentum and…

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