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spazzmann

(748 posts)
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 01:08 PM Mar 2013

Today in Peace and Justice history on March 11, 1968

Cesar Chavez ended a 23-day fast for U.S. farm workers in a Delano, California, public park with 4000 supporters at his side, including Sen. Robert Kennedy (D-New York). Cesar Chavez led the effort to organize farm workers into a union for better pay, working and living conditions. http://bit.ly/Zulkdr

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