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Cesar's family was going through a very tough time. They could not afford the taxes. Cesar's father would ask for loans and when the taxes were due the Chavez's bill was over 4,000 dollars. Fourtunately Cesar's dad found a way, he would rent out the pool house and gas station. Wich Cesar's family did not own anymore.
While Cesar would lay down on his bed he would hear his parents and relatives talk about the poverty in Mexico. Cesar would learn how cruelly the landowners would treat the workers. Cesar soon believed that it was very honorable for someones rights. From this, Cesar was ready to become a leader.
Cesar's family's grace payment was running out, the state took over the farm. Soon the Chavez family would have to leave. In 1938 the Chavez family moved to California to look for work. After the Chavezes stayed for about a year they went back, to try to regain their land in Gilla Valley. But when they finally got there they had found out that the land was already auctioned off to a wealthy landowner. Cesar's fathere did not have enough money to buy back the land. The Gilla Valley farm was demolished.
Cesar's family migrated back to California. Like many others they were lured to California by the rumors that said they would earn lots and lots of money, but they were lies. The Chaves also dreamed of buying back their land in Gilla Valley. But those dreams would soon be shattered. In California Cesar's family was payed very low wages. At California Cesar's family setteled in Atascadero. By the time the family had reached the feild the harvesting was over.
The Chavez family decided to go to San Jose, their they picked cherries. They were also payed a very low wage. They lived in shacks or tents. Cesar recalls in the winter, since there was no work it was very hard. Fortunately, one lady let the family stay in her backyard in a tent. Since the tent was small Cesar and his brothers slept outside.
Kennedy viewed Cesar Chavez as "one of the heroic figures of our time." ... Cesar Estrada Chavez was born on March 31 in 1927, on a small farm near Yuma, Arizona. ... The family then moved to San Jose where Cesar worked in a lumber mill. ... In 1994, the officers of UFA created the Cesar E. ... Cesar Chavez changed the way unions were viewed and the treatment of Chicano workers. ...
Cesar Chavez When a person hears the name Cesar Chavez, a person thinks of a man's fight for his people. ... The story of Cesar Chavez begins in Yuma, Arizona. ... Cesar Estrada Chavez was names after his grandfather Cesario Chavez. ... In 1944 Cesar Chavez joined the navy. ... H e was found dead in his bed. ...
To raise this paper, I will cite two citizens who are immigrants and also citizens, in this country, Cesar E. ... Cesar E. ... Add to this, in Oregon, professors funded the first four-year Mexican-American college what was called Cesar Chavez College in his honor. ... His birthday, March 31, has become Cesar Chavez Day, a state holiday in California, Colorado, and Texas (United Farm Workers, 2006). ... In regard to Cesar Chavez who was an active civil rights citizen, which is a major civil right even though is not an obligation. ...
One example is the letter written by Cesar E Chavez in which he wrote a letter to a man who had the power to start a change and if this man did not agree, Mr. Chavez had to seek other means to make the changes he wanted to happen for his people and himself. ...
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