United Farm Workers | The Fall | 3

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

By the early 1970s the United Farm Workers had won a series of successes in California and were attempting to extend their reach into other states. But soon, conservative politicians began to push back and the losses started mounting. Cesar Chavez began criticizing and alienating friends and fellow union leaders as he struggled to maintain control of the movement he had worked so hard to build. Soon he would find that his dream to empower farm workers was unraveling.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:09.7	Imagine its May 30th, 1972 in Phoenix, Arizona.
0:22.9	Your renowned doctor, best known for having been Martin Luther King's personal physician.
0:28.0	Today though, you're tending to another famous patient in a small room inside a Chicano
0:32.3	community center.
0:33.8	The room is plain and the Anadorn brick walls radiate the searing midday heat from outside.
0:39.5	Your patient, Caesar Chavez, lies on a bed soaked in sweat.
0:44.0	You check his blood pressure, watching the gauge with concern.
0:47.1	It's been 19 days since he began a hunger strike and his health is beginning to fail
0:52.2	him.
0:53.2	Chavez wins his in pain as he struggles to sit up.
0:56.5	Okay, duck.
0:57.5	How am I doing?
1:00.1	Not good.
1:01.1	Starving yourself for three weeks has taken a real toll on your body.
1:05.0	Chavez's fast is a last-ditch protest to stop Arizona's government from running rough
1:09.6	shot over the rights of its farm workers.
1:12.3	You support that cause, but you're worried about Chavez's deteriorating condition.
1:16.9	You rip the velcro blood pressure cuff off his arm and pull the stethoscope from your
1:20.9	ears, wrapping it around your neck.
1:23.6	To tell you the truth, Caesar, I'm worried.
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