"The 'vibrancy' of this sacred music inspired Chavez to later incorporate it into his organizational tactics."
~ Alejandra Molina
"New book spotlights influence of Pentecostalism on California’s Mexican farmworkers" - The Presbyterian Outlook
"Chavez recalled in his 1975 autobiography visiting a little church in Madera of a dozen men and women, describing 'more spirit there than when I went to mass where there were two hundred.'
'These people were really committed in their beliefs and this made them sing and clap and participate. I liked that,' he wrote. 'I think that’s where I got the idea of singing at the meetings. That was one of the first things we did when I started the Union. And it was hard for me because I couldn’t carry a tune.'"
~ Alejandra Molina
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