Dear mr. barr,
… this letter does not express all that is in my
heart, mr. barr. but if it says nothing else it says
that we do not hate you or rejoice to see your
industry destroyed; we hate the agribusiness
system [agricultural corporations] that seeks to
keep us enslaved and we shall overcome and
change it not by retaliation or bloodshed but by a
determined nonviolent struggle carried on by
those masses of farm workers who intend to be
free and human.
sincerely yours,
cesar e. chavez
— cesar chavez, letter to e. l. barr jr.,
good friday, 1969, in andrew carroll, ed.,
letters of a nation, broadway books
which action did cesar chavez take that is most
consistent with the theme of this excerpt?
(1) organizing a farmworkers union
(2) calling for stricter enforcement of
immigration laws
(3) asking congress to pass legislation for lowincome housing
(4) promoting the takeover of large corporations
by farmworkers