Imagine the National Guard being called against a group of peaceful pe…

Cesar Chavez
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Imagine the National Guard being called against a group of peaceful people. How far can we get; how disgraceful can it become? It's the most disgraceful, the most wicked thing I've seen in all my years of organizing farm labor.
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