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Associated Press "Join Hands During Mass"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09817 Author/Creator: Associated Press Place Written: Phoenix, Arizona Type: Photograph Date: 31 May 1972 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

One photograph entitled, "Join Hands During Mass," dated May 31, 1972 taken by Associated Press. Image consists of Coretta Scott King and Cesar Chavez holding heads during a religious service. Wire transfer information states that they met for 20 minutes and attended a mass in Phoenix, Arizona. Also stated is that this was his 20th day of fasting "in protest of a new Arizona farm labor relations law."

King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993

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