Cesar Chavez Biography: Children, Facts, Death, Family, Kids, Wife



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Cesar Chavez was born on March 31, 1927, in Yuma, Arizona. His parents, Librado and Juana Estrada Chavez, were Mexican-American farm workers. Cesar had six brothers and sisters. He attended public schools in Yuma and later dropped out of high school to help support his family.

In 1952, Chavez began working for the Community Service Organization (CSO), a Mexican-American civil rights group. He helped organize farm workers in California and Arizona. In 1962, he founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW).

The UFW used nonviolent methods, such as boycotts and strikes, to improve working conditions for farm workers. Chavez also helped organize the first successful farm workers’ union in the United States. In 1965, he led a grape boycott that lasted five years. The boycott helped the UFW win a contract with grape growers that improved wages and working conditions for farm workers.

In 1968, Chavez went on a hunger strike to protest the use of pesticides on crops. The strike lasted for 25 days and helped raise public awareness of the dangers of pesticides. In the 1970s, Chavez led a nationwide boycott of California table grapes. The boycott lasted for three years and helped the UFW win another contract with grape growers.

Chavez continued to work for the UFW until his death in 1993. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994.

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