César Chávez, the Catholic Bishops, and the Farmworkers’ Struggle for Social JusticeUniversity of Arizona Press, 21þ/06þ/2022 - 208 ãä ÇáÕÝÍÇÊ César Chávez and the farmworkers’ struggle for justice polarized the Catholic community in California’s Central Valley during the 1965–1970 Delano Grape Strike. Because most farmworkers and landowners were Catholic, the American Catholic Church was placed in the challenging position of choosing sides in an intrafaith conflict. Twice Chávez petitioned the Catholic Church for help. Finally, in 1969 the American Catholic hierarchy responded by creating the Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Farm Labor. This committee of five bishops and two priests traveled California’s Central Valley and mediated a settlement in the five-year conflict. Within months, a new and more difficult struggle began in California’s lettuce fields. This time the Catholic Church drew on its long-standing tradition of social teaching and shifted its policy from neutrality to outright support for César Chávez and his union, the United Farmworkers (UFW). The Bishops’ Committee became so instrumental in the UFW’s success that Chávez declared its intervention “the single most important thing that has helped us.” Drawing upon rich, untapped archival sources at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Marco Prouty exposes the American Catholic hierarchy’s internal, and often confidential, deliberations during the California farm labor crisis of the 1960s and 1970s. He traces the Church’s gradual transition from reluctant mediator to outright supporter of Chávez, providing an intimate view of the Church’s decision-making process and Chávez’s steadfast struggle to win rights for farmworkers. This lucid, solidly researched text will be an invaluable addition to the fields of labor history, social justice, ethnic studies, and religious history. |
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... Higgins and the Farmworkers 12 The Rise of César E. Chávez 22 2 CHÁVEZ AND THE BISHOPS ' AD HOC COMMITTEE 31 Catholic Growers , Catholic Farmworkers 31 1968 : Chávez's ... Monsignor Higgins , Eleanor Roosevelt , and Richard Nixon at Contents.
... Higgins and the Farmworkers 12 The Rise of César E. Chávez 22 2 CHÁVEZ AND THE BISHOPS ' AD HOC COMMITTEE 31 Catholic Growers , Catholic Farmworkers 31 1968 : Chávez's ... Monsignor Higgins , Eleanor Roosevelt , and Richard Nixon at Contents.
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Marco G. Prouty. Monsignor Higgins , Eleanor Roosevelt , and Richard Nixon at the UN . 18 Monsignor Higgins at the Second Vatican Council . 21 AFL - CIO president George Meany . 52 Monsignor Higgins and Bishop Donnelly march with ...
Marco G. Prouty. Monsignor Higgins , Eleanor Roosevelt , and Richard Nixon at the UN . 18 Monsignor Higgins at the Second Vatican Council . 21 AFL - CIO president George Meany . 52 Monsignor Higgins and Bishop Donnelly march with ...
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... Monsignor George G. Higgins Photographic Collection , The American Catholic History Research Cen- ter and University Archives , The Catholic University of America , Wash- ington , D.C .. My love and appreciation to my family , friends ...
... Monsignor George G. Higgins Photographic Collection , The American Catholic History Research Cen- ter and University Archives , The Catholic University of America , Wash- ington , D.C .. My love and appreciation to my family , friends ...
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... Monsignor George G. Higgins and Mon- signor ( now Cardinal ) Roger Mahony , the committee tirelessly traveled California's Central Valley during the first half of 1970 to bring peace be- tween the warring factions . The team quickly ...
... Monsignor George G. Higgins and Mon- signor ( now Cardinal ) Roger Mahony , the committee tirelessly traveled California's Central Valley during the first half of 1970 to bring peace be- tween the warring factions . The team quickly ...
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... Monsignor George Higgins , Father Raymond McGowan , Monsignor Francis Haas , and Charles Owen Rice serve to remind us that purging leftists did not become the hierarchy's sole focus during the 1940s.103 Nonetheless , fighting communism ...
... Monsignor George Higgins , Father Raymond McGowan , Monsignor Francis Haas , and Charles Owen Rice serve to remind us that purging leftists did not become the hierarchy's sole focus during the 1940s.103 Nonetheless , fighting communism ...
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2 Chavez and the Bishops ad hoc Comittee | 31 |
3 Hasta la Victoria Onward to Victory | 67 |
Epilogue | 133 |
Notes | 147 |
Bibliography | 177 |
Index | 181 |
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