The text of a speech given by Robert F. Kennedy about Cesar Chavez during a visit to Delano, California, March 10, 1968.

In Delano, the United States senator from New York Robert F. Kennedy joined an estimated 6,000 to 10,000 people, mostly Mexican American migrant workers, gathered to hold a “Mass of Thanksgiving” at Memorial Park for Cesar Chavez, president of the United Farm Workers.

Citation Information
Kennedy, Robert F., “Robert F. Kennedy Statement on Cesar Chavez March 10, 1968,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/aaa27166fd4c50105aa90791635c8c3e.
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Courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration.

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