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FARMWORKER MOVEMENT VOLUNTEERS PICKETED STORES DAY . . . AND . . . NIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
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A REMARKABLE USE OF BLACK AND WHITE TO SHOW SAFEWAY BOYCOTT PICKET LINE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
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CESAR CHAVEZ AND HIS FARMWORKER MOVEMENT CHOSE THE BIGGEST TARGETS: (1) CALIFORNIA AGRIBUSINESS TO STRIKE, THE STATE LARGEST INDUSTRY; AND (2) SAFEWAY STORES TO BOYCOTT, ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST.
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THE FOCUS OF THIS PHOTO IS MARSHALL GANZ, A HARVARD "DROPOUT" WHO JOINED SNCC IN MISSISSIPPI IN 1964 AND THEN THE NFWA AS AN ORGANIZER IN 1965.
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STRIKINGLY BEAUTIFUL FARMWORKER MOVEMENT SUPPORTER JOINS THE BOYCOTT PICKET LINE AT SAFEWAY STORES. JON LEWIS HAD A GOOD EYE.
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THE FIRST NFWA BOYCOTTERS WERE THE STRIKING DELANO FARM WORKERS. HERE THEY CARRY FLYERS TO DISTRIBUTE TO SHOPPERS "DON'T BUY SCHENLEY LIQUORS".
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THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT WAS FOREVER CREATING GRAPHICS TO TELL THEIR STORY. HERE THE ARTIST HAS SUPERIMPOSED THE STYLIZED "S" FROM SAFEWAY STORES ONTO THE NFWA HUELGA EAGLE.
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JON LEWIS HAD AN AFFINITY FOR PHOTOGRAPHING CHILDREN. DESPITE THE CAMERA HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THEM FEEL SAFE AND SECURE. THE SNAKE-LIKE "S" ON THE BOYCOTT GRAPE SIGN REFERS TO SAFEWAY.
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