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1968年，为加州葡萄工人所举办的义演音乐会海报
地点：纽约的卡内基音乐厅(Carnegie
Hall)
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凯萨查维斯为农民争取一席之地
凯萨查维斯最为人所知的是他努力为数以千计的农场工人争取较佳的工作环境，这些工人的薪资所得极低且工作环境也十分糟糕。查维斯及他的联合农场工人工会以非暴力行动与加州葡萄种植者抗争。查维斯的非暴力行为想法是受到了小马丁路得金恩 (Martin
Luther King Jr.) 的启发，金恩是带领非裔美人争取民权的领袖。查维斯也使用绝食罢工，即长时间不进食以表示抗议；1968年，为支持联合农场工人的非暴力抗议，他绝食达25天之久，而他的绝食抗议想法则是学自于印度甘地。
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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