Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), D-Mass., reads a book, 'Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez,' by Kathleen Krull and Yuyi Morales, to Sacramento-area students during a Cesar Chavez youth forum at California State University, Sacramento in Sacramento, Calif. Monday, March 29, 2004.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), D-Mass., is surrounded by elementary school students waving flags to celebrate Cesar Chavez Day after he read them a story entitled 'Harvesting Hope' about Chavez' life in Sacramento, Calif. Monday, March 29, 2004. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)