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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... position , Higgins immediately put his " warm and gregarious people - skills " to work . 125 As part of his outreach , Higgins began in 1945 to write a regular column , the " Yardstick . " By the time Higgins finally quit his musings on ...
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... position . By 1958 , Chávez had scaled up the ladder to become general director of the CSO - a post he retained until his resignation in 1962.185 From this position of influence , Chávez sought to terminate the bracero program and ...
... position . By 1958 , Chávez had scaled up the ladder to become general director of the CSO - a post he retained until his resignation in 1962.185 From this position of influence , Chávez sought to terminate the bracero program and ...
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... position . Chávez politely declined AWOC's invitation ; he correctly felt that the union was ineffective at organizing and doomed for failure.198 Sargent Shriver , head of the Peace Corps , also made Chávez an attractive offer to ...
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Epilogue | 133 |
Notes | 147 |
Bibliography | 177 |
Index | 181 |
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