A historical timeline depicting fundamental parts of Mexican and Chicano history, from the Pre-Columbian era to modern day. Measuring over 1,000 feet in length, the mural on Shady Lane first began as a project three years ago and was completed just last week.
Octavio Gonzalez stands in the shade of a nearby telephone post on Shady Lane. He looks up at a life-size image of Cesar Chavez as a young man, one he painted himself over the course of two months.
“He always talked about nonviolence,” said Gonzalez, who marched with Chavez during a rally in Calexico in the early 1970s.
He remembers finding the portrait of Chavez in a library book and wanting to replicate it.
Other Mexican Americans are pictured standing at Chavez’s side as they march for equal rights. A sign with the word “Chicano” is painted at the end of the picture.
The image is part of a much- longer mural, a historical timeline depicting fundamental parts of Mexican and Chicano history, from the Pre-Columbian era to modern day. Measuring over 1,000 feet in length, the mural on Shady Lane first began as a project three years ago and was completed just last week.
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