![]() As Krull writes, “Some of the wealthiest people in the country had been forced to recognize some of the poorest as human beings.” The result of this effort-the longest protest march and the first agricultural strike in US history-was stunning. Krull’s picture book, Harvesting Hope, focuses on the National Farm Workers Association’s 340-mile march-from the grape fields of Delano to Sacramento-to gain public support for their strike against the Delano grape growers. ![]() Called “Harvest of Shame,” it was the first such program to bring to public attention the horrible conditions of migrant agricultural workers in the US.įive years later, thousands of impoverished men and women, led by an agricultural worker named César Chávez, walked off their jobs in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, leaving huge fields of grapes to rot. ![]() On the day after Thanksgiving in 1960, “CBS Reports” aired a documentary presented by broadcast journalist Edward R. ![]()
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