| Arch of Dignity, Equality, and Justice | |
| Artist: | Judy Baca |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Medium: | Mosaic |
| Movement: | Chicana art |
| Subject: | Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Mahatma Gandhi, Robert Kennedy, two unnamed farmworkers |
| Height Imperial: | 25 |
| Imperial Unit: | ft |
| City: | San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates: | 37.3358°N -121.8814°W |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 13 |
| Owner: | San Jose State University |
| Italic Title: | yes |
The Arch of Dignity, Equality, and Justice, commonly referred to as the Cesar Chavez Arch, is an art installation and monument consisting of a pearlescent plaster arch in the style of a Mayan corbelled arch and includes five Venetian tile mosaics.[1] [2] It was created by American artist Judy Baca, and is installed along the Paseo de César Chávez on the San Jose State University campus, in San Jose, California, United States.[3] The four front-facing mosaics feature portraits of Dolores Huerta, Mahatma Gandhi, and two unnamed farmworkers, while the mosaic on the underside of the arch features Cesar Chavez encountering Robert Kennedy.[4]
The top of the arch is adorned with a stacked glass eagle in the style of the United Farm Workers well-known logo.[5] Richard Chavez, César Chávez's brother, originally designed the black Aztec eagle insignia that became the symbol of the National Farm Workers Association and the UFW.[6]
In 2022, San Jose State students and faculty embedded the Arch of Dignity, Equality, and Justice into their Public Art as Resistance project.[7] [8]