An Organizer's Tale by Cesar Chavez

Author:Cesar Chavez
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2010-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty Days in Jail

After going to jail for civil disobedience, Chavez spoke to El Malcriado about the diversity he saw in jail and about the tragedy of poverty leading people to lives of crime. He commended those who held the picket line while he was detained. The exchange was published in December 1970.

EL MALCRIADO: How do you feel after going to jail for civil disobedience?

CESAR: Well, it was partially civil disobedience. It wasn’t a real classic case of civil disobedience. I was sentenced to an indefinite period. So I couldn’t look forward to a year or two; I didn’t know what was going to happen. Really what the judge was saying is that it is up to me to get out of jail if I called off the boycott. That put the responsibility on me to say: No, I’ll never call it off. It wasn’t the classic civil disobedience case but it was a very good case. It was hard but now that it’s over, I feel elated.

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