Chavez was a wonderful man, he lead migrant workers to better lives. He gained respect for himself and for others. This man was not afraid, he contributed his life to change the life of many people. A lot of people's lives were changed for the good because of Cesar Chavez. He was a wonderful and greatful man.
Cesario Estrada Chavez was born on March 31, 1927. He lived in an apartment. Below the apartment Chavez's family owned a grocery store adjoining a gas station and a pool hall. Two years after Cesario was born America went in to the Great Depression. The Great Depression was when many people lost their jobs and were very poor. Since Cesario's father was very generous, he would let his customers for food, on credit. Many people were not able to pay back Cesario's dad. So he soon fell in to debt. Cesario and his family had to move into Cesar's dad's house where he grew up.
Cesario's early childhood was very happy. He was blessed with a beautiful loved filled family. Cesario's family were very kind and loving to him. His parents were very affectionate. They would kiss and hug him, Mrs Chavez loved her kids o' so much. His family would work on their farm everyday. After he would work he would get ready for school.
Cesario did not like school at all. He would have to walk a mile to go to school. In the winter it would be very hard for the Chavez family because they did not have any warm clothes. At school many of the childern were like the Chavez childern, in poverty and did not know any english. But the teachers did know english and they insisted the childern speak english. Chavez would face so much humality, one of the teachers would tell the childern if they wanted to speak spanish to go back to Mexico. If they spoke spanish they would be punished. Cesario recalls being slapped by the teacher with a ruler for speaking spanish. The teachers even changed his name, they said that Cesario sounded to much of a mexican name so they changed it to Cesar.