Cesar Chavez
31 March 1927 – 23 April 1993
Cesar Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, later the United Farm Workers. Through strikes, boycotts, and nonviolent methods, he fought for better wages and conditions for agricultural laborers, becoming a leading figure in the Chicano movement.
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Life events
Cesar Estrada Chavez was born to a Mexican American family near Yuma, Arizona.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAfter losing their farm during the Depression, the Chavez family moved to California to work in the fields.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgChavez served in the Navy for two years during the postwar period.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgChavez married Helen Fabela, with whom he would raise eight children.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgChavez became an organizer for the CSO, a Latino civil rights group.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgChavez and Dolores Huerta founded the union that became the United Farm Workers.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgChavez led a five-year strike and national boycott of table grapes to win union contracts.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgChavez fasted for 25 days to reaffirm the movement's commitment to nonviolence.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgChavez died in his sleep at age 66 in San Luis, Arizona.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPresident Bill Clinton awarded Chavez the Medal of Freedom, accepted by his widow.
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