This is the beginning of a social movement in fact and not in pronouncements. We seek our basic, God-given rights as human beings. Because we have suffered - and are not afraid to suffer - in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything, even our lives, in our fight for social justice. We shall do it without violence because that is our destiny. To the ranchers, and to all those who opposes, we say, in the words of Benito Juarez: 'El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz.' [Respect for another's right is the meaning of peace.]

Our sweat and our blood have fallen on this land to make other men rich. The pilgrimage is a witness to the suffering we have seen for generations.

We seek the support of all political groups and protection of the government, which is also our government, in our struggle. For too many years we have been tr…

We, the undersigned, gathered in Pilgrimage to the capital of the State in Sacramento in penance for all the failings of Farm Workers as free and sovereign men…

Entre los Individuos, como entre Las Naciones, El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz.

Put simply, we must always remember that separate but equal is not equal.

We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all our citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injus…