United Farm Workers and Civil Rights Leadership Photographs Chronicling Boycott Fast and Anti Pesticide Campaigns,1960-1990
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Seller: Max Rambod Inc, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.Max Rambod Inc
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£ 583.90
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Chavez, Cesar. Press photo archive, 1968-1990s, documenting leadership within the United Farm Workers and the broader Chicano labor movement across multiple decades of activism. These images trace Chavez's role in organizing farmworkers during and after the Delano Grape Strike, his use of nonviolent protest including fasting, and his later advocacy against agricultural pesticides, situating him within national and international labor and civil rights discourse. The archive captures both contemporaneous moments of protest and later commemorative uses of earlier images, demonstrating how Chavez's public image was circulated and reinterpreted through press and documentary media following the peak years of the farmworker movement and leading up to and after his death in 1993. Archive of five vintage silver gelatin press photographs, each approximately 8 x 10 inches, with several bearing original captions or pasted articles on recto or verso, along with occasional editorial markings. Images include a 1990 press photograph of Chavez speaking at a podium addressing malathion pesticide spraying; a 1980 image of Chavez at a book signing engaging directly with supporters; and a reprinted 1968 photograph of Chavez breaking his 25-day fast alongside Senator Robert Kennedy, marking a key moment of solidarity during the farmworker struggle. Another reprinted 1968 image shows Chavez participating in a Delano grape strike walkout, later reused in promotional material for the 1996 PBS documentary Chicano! History of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement, reflecting the continued circulation of these images in shaping historical narrative. Taken together, the archive documents the evolution of Chavez's public presence from movement leader to symbol of labor and civil rights activism, while also illustrating how press photography functioned to construct and preserve the visual record of the United Farm Workers. The reuse of earlier images in later media underscores the institutionalization of the Chicano movement within public history and documentary practice. Minor handling wear and light surface marks, with some editorial annotations present; photographs remain sharp with strong contrast. Overall very good condition.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- United Farm Workers and Civil Rights Leadership Photographs Chronicling Boycott Fast and Anti Pesticide Campaigns,1960-1990
- Author
- United Farm Workers
- Publication year
- 1980
- Seller catalogs
- Archive, Chicano & Latin American History, Labor, Environment & Industry
Max Rambod Inc
Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.
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