I am going to talk about Cesar Estrada Chavez and his achievements as a labor leader. Cesar Chavez was born on March 21, 1927 near Yuma, Arizona. Chavez" grandparents farmed more than one hundred acres in the Gila valley and raised 14 children. Chavez began school at the age of seven, but he found it difficult because his family only spoke Spanish. Chavez learned many things from his mother. She believed violence and selfishness were wrong and she taught this idea to her children. In the 1930's, Chavez" father lost his business because of the Great Depression, and the family moved back to the ranch. In 1937 a severe drought forced the family to give up the ranch. So his family moved to California to search for new work. In California, the Chavez family became part of the migrant community, traveling from farm to farm to pick fruits and vegetables during the harvest. They lived in several migrant camps and often were forced to sleep in their car. Chavez attended more than 30 elementary schools. Chavez often encountered cruel discrimination while attending these schools. He felt that education had nothing to do with his farm worker/migrant way of life. Once he finished 8th grade he quit school and worked full-time in the vineyards. He did this because he did not want his mother to work in the fields. While his childhood education was not the best, later in life, education was his passion. Then in 1944 he joined the Navy and served in World War II. After his two year duty was done in the military he returned to California and got married to Helen Fabela in 1948. They settled in Delano and started their family. Cesar and his wife Helen had eight children. Chavez again worked in the fields, but he began to fight for a change. That same year he took part in his first strike in protest of low wages and poor working conditions. After several days of protest the workers were forced back to the fields.
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There, I saw Cesar Chavez, the leader of the movement. ... Then Cesar asked the country to boycott grapes, and explained our unjust working conditions. ... In response to this terrible thing, Cesar Chavez and the NFWA organized a march to the state capital. ... All of this due to one of the greatest men I've been acquainted with, Cesar Chavez. ...
Cesar Chavez, Fred Korematsu, and Jackie Robinson were all national civil rights hero. ... Cesar Chavez (1927.3.31 – 1993.4.23) was born in Mexican, his family used have a farm and a store, but they lose it during the Great Depression. ... Cesar Chavez quit the school in 1942 and after two years, he became a United States navy soldier. ... After Philippines worker start strike in 1965.9.8 for the fair wages, Cesar Chavez lead Mexican American farm workers start the strike and fight with farm owner. ... During the strike, Cesar Chavez used media power very well to against farm owner, ...
As Rodriguez notes in his book, Cesar Chavez, a labor union organizer and a spokesman for the poor, especially his fellow Mexican American farmworks, organizes farm workers throughout California's San Joaquin Valley into the National Farm Worker's Association (NFWA). ... Chavez's approach yielded results: picketing of fields, nationwide boycott of California grapes, and skillful Hofmeister 4 use of mass media won them sympathy and ultimately got them contracts. ... According to John Dunne, Chavez picked thirteen major cities across the United States as boycott centers, ...
