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1968年，為加州葡萄工人所舉辦的義演音樂會海報
地點：紐約的卡內基音樂廳(Carnegie
Hall)
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凱薩查維斯為農民爭取一席之地
凱薩查維斯最為人所知的是他努力為數以千計的農場工人爭取較佳的工作環境，這些工人的薪資所得極低且工作環境也十分糟糕。查維斯及他的聯合農場工人工會以非暴力行動與加州葡萄種植者抗爭。查維斯的非暴力行為想法是受到了小馬丁路得金恩 (Martin
Luther King Jr.) 的啟發，金恩是帶領非裔美人爭取民權的領袖。查維斯也使用絕食罷工，即長時間不進食以表示抗議；1968年，為支援聯合農場工人的非暴力抗議，他絕食達25天之久，而他的絕食抗議想法則是學自於印度甘地。
Cesar Chavez is best known for his efforts to gain better working conditions for the thousands of workers who labored on farms for low wages and under severe conditions. Chavez and his United Farm Workers union battled California grape growers by holding nonviolent protests. Chavez got the idea for nonviolent actions from Martin Luther King Jr., who was a leader in the struggle for civil rights for African Americans. Chavez also went on hunger strikes, protesting by refusing to eat for long periods of time. In 1968 he fasted for 25 days in support of the UFW (United Farm Workers) commitment to non-violence. He was inspired to fast by M.K. Gandhi of India.
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