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The 1968 Fasting Statement was a declaration by Cesar Chavez upon concluding his 25-day water-only fast. Undertaken as a spiritual act and a commitment to nonviolence, Chavez's fast aimed to reaffirm the United Farm Workers' (UFW) peaceful principles. It served as penance for any violent…

The 1984 Commonwealth Club Address, delivered by Cesar Chavez, was a speech that highlighted the poor working and living conditions faced by farmworkers due to pesticide exposure and poverty. Chavez reaffirmed the United Farm Workers' commitment to nonviolent resistance as the path to justice…

Passed on May 20, 1862, during the Civil War, the Homestead Act accelerated the settlement of the western territories by granting 160 acres of surveyed public land to adult citizens or citizens who had never taken up arms against the U.S. government.

To secure ownership, claimants…