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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... effort to assuage Anglo fears that Mexi- cans would " destroy the culture , ” agriculturalists developed a “ bird of passage " myth.31 Growers maintained that Mexicans would head south for the winter and not disturb white culture ...
... effort to assuage Anglo fears that Mexi- cans would " destroy the culture , ” agriculturalists developed a “ bird of passage " myth.31 Growers maintained that Mexicans would head south for the winter and not disturb white culture ...
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... efforts col- lapsed under violence at the hands of grower goons.42 In fact , agricul- turalists went so far as to collaborate with the local police to conduct clandestine operations that successfully undermined efforts to organize the ...
... efforts col- lapsed under violence at the hands of grower goons.42 In fact , agricul- turalists went so far as to collaborate with the local police to conduct clandestine operations that successfully undermined efforts to organize the ...
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... efforts toward eradicating the bracero system by highlighting Public Law 78's cata- strophic impact on the wages and ... effort to further undermine the NAWU , the AFL - CIO established the Agricultural Workers Organizing Commit- tee ...
... efforts toward eradicating the bracero system by highlighting Public Law 78's cata- strophic impact on the wages and ... effort to further undermine the NAWU , the AFL - CIO established the Agricultural Workers Organizing Commit- tee ...
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... efforts , guided by Catholic social teachings , contributed to the bracero program's demise , opened the path for Chávez's ascension , and paved the way for the partner- ship between César Chávez and the Catholic Church during the 1960s ...
... efforts , guided by Catholic social teachings , contributed to the bracero program's demise , opened the path for Chávez's ascension , and paved the way for the partner- ship between César Chávez and the Catholic Church during the 1960s ...
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... effort to organize the farmworkers . The two encyclicals that followed , Gaudium et Spes ( the Church in the Modern World ) , in 1965 , and Pope Paul VI's 1971 letter , Octogesima Adveniens ( A Call to Action ) , seemed to speak ...
... effort to organize the farmworkers . The two encyclicals that followed , Gaudium et Spes ( the Church in the Modern World ) , in 1965 , and Pope Paul VI's 1971 letter , Octogesima Adveniens ( A Call to Action ) , seemed to speak ...
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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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