Across the San Joaquin Valley, across California, across the entire So…

Cesar Chavez
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Across the San Joaquin Valley, across California, across the entire Southwest of the United States, wherever there are Mexican people, wherever there are farm workers, our movement is spreading like flames across a dry plain. ✨ The Plan of Delano, 1965.
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Across the San Joaquin Valley, across California, across the entire Southwest of the United States, wherever there are Mexican people, wherever there are farm workers, our movement is spreading like flames across a dry plain. ✨ The Plan of Delano, 1965.

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