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Fusco, Paul. La Causa: The California Grape Strike. Photos by Paul Fusco. Text by George D. Horwitz.

Fusco, Paul. La Causa: The California Grape Strike. Photos by Paul Fusco. Text by George D. Horwitz.

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Introduction by Cesar Chavez. Collier, 1970.  Wraps, ex-lib with clear tape on spine, spine label, last page with a photo removed.  Except for color, all black-and-white photographs by Fusco, mostly of agricultural workers. Strike was accompanied by a national boycott on grapes in support.  Dedicated "To the Farmworkers of California and Mexico" with a quotation from Chavez: "We are not beasts of burden, we are not agricultural implements or rented slaves, we are men."  A prolific Magnum photographer, Fusco's photographs were included in Paris Magnum. Photographs, 1935-1981 (1981) and New York September 11 by Magnum Photographers (2001), among other publications.
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