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La Causa -- "the cause" -- is the story of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers of America. For over thirty-five years, the UFW has organized and provided benefits for migrant laborers and agricultural workers. This exhibit is dedicated to all farm workers who labor in the fields.

La Causa Exhibit

Before the UFW

The United Farm Workers Union

Fieldworkers

Pilgrimage

Child Labor

The Great Grape Boycott

Housing

UFW Supporters

Cesar Chavez:

• Pesticides
• Early Life
• Martyrs of the UFW
• "I am an Organizer"
• Bargaining Gains
• Chavez as President
• Michigan Connection
• Letters to Chavez
• The UFW Today
• FBI Files

Exhibit Curator: Kathleen Schmeling k.schmeling@wayne.edu

Direct reference questions to William LeFevre reutherreference@wayne.edu

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