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Detroit Free Press. Photo by Richard Lee. 21 x 25 cm. b & w glossy. Content: Caption from Delano, CA. article reads: Chavez: “We’re fighting to keep what we got after five years of struggle.” He spoke after negotiations broke down after contracts expired with 29 large grape ranches in the Coachella Valley. Teamsters Union threatened to sign the workers after the contracts expired.

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Detroit Free Press Wire photo. b & w matte. Content: Chavez is wearing a sweater with a plaid shirt underneath. His left hand is placed against his chest and his right hand appears to be resting on a podium. Note: there is some damage to this photo. It appears someone may have put tracing paper over it, as there are impressions on the outline of his face in this photo. Also some red crayon or pen markings around his head.

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Detroit Free Press. 20 x 25 cm. b & w glossy. Content: Chavez sits in front of table in a patterned shirt with large collar. In front of him is a liquor or wine bottle. To his right is a cup and saucer. In the background can be seen the black eagle symbol of the United Farm Workers Union. The article on the back states he was attending a breakfast rally in Detroit at a local UAW hall.

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Detroit Free Press. 20 x 25 cm. b & w glossy. Content: This is another view of photo 5, Chavez in the same patterned shirt sitting at a table. The background objects are out of focus.

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Detroit Free Press. 20 x 25 cm. b & w glossy. Content: Chavez is wearing the same shirt with a dark jacket with a white stripe running down the sleeves. He is signing a paper with his right hand. On his right side two men are sitting and talking. The one on the far right is wearing a sweater. The one in the center is wearing a button down shirt. There is no date or information on the back of this photo.

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Detroit Free Press. 20 x 25 cm. b & w glossy. Content: Chavez is wearing the same shirt as in photo 15, 16, and 17, and carrying the jacket he wears in photo 7. He is on the left side of photo. In center is a man with dark curly hair wearing a cabled cardigan sweater. On the right side of the photo is a dark haired man in sunglasses with a dark shirt and a button that says “Boycott Gallo”. There are 4 other people in the background.

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Miami, Florida; Miami Herald Staff Photo. 20 x 25 cm. b & w glossy. Content: (l to r) Stephen Roberson, Cesar Chavez, head of United Farm Workers Union in Florida, and Henrietta Cox, one of the negotiators, join hands in the photo, to sing “We Shall Overcome”. Roberson (African American with beard) is dressed in a striped shirt. Chavez is in the center. Ms. Cox has two UFW buttons on her blouse.

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Detroit, MI., Detroit Free Press, Photo by David C. Turnley. 21 x 25 cm. b & w glossy. Content: Podium has UFW symbol on it, and visible text: “ STAND W…” Chavez is wearing a plaid shirt at a breakfast meeting in Detroit, MI. The caption for the photo said, “United Farm Workers President Cesar Chavez: “We want you to stop eating grapes and tell your friends to stop eating grapes.”

Abstract Detroit, MI. Detroit Free Press, Photo by William Archie. 20 x 23 cm. b & w glossy. Content: Headshot of Chavez with grey in his hair, wearing a darker zippered jacket over a light colored shirt. Accompanying article by Helen Fogel, states that Chavez, age 58, remains committed to La Causa and the UFW’s principles. He is on the road again, 20 years after the historic Delano grape strike that won the UFW first bargaining rights. Chavez is also seeking a ban of several pesticides in the...

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Detroit, MI. Detroit Free Press, Photo by William Archie. 20 x 23 cm. b & w glossy. Content: Photo taken same day as #11. Chavez wearing same jacket and shirt, and dark pants. He has his hands outstretched. Behind him on both sides are plants, one of which is on a chair.