CÉSAR CHÁVEZ

BIRTH

• César Chávez was born in Yuma on march 31,1927

EARLY LIFE/CHILDHOOD

• His family was extremely poor
• He dropped out of school at seventh grade to help his mother work
• Served in the navy for two years

GRAPE STRIKE

• 1965-1970
• César chávez fought to get reasonable wages for farmers
• Known as delano grape strike

NFWA

• César chávez co-founded the nfwa
• Nfwa lead a boycott on California grapes

PERSONAL LIFE

• Chávez loved his family, he had a wife and 8 children
• He believed in animal rights and was a vegan
• He was a Roman Catholic

Untitled Slide

AWARDS

• In 1973, Chávez received jefferson award for benefitting the disadvantaged
• In 1994, bill Clinton awarded him with the presidential medal of freedom

LEGACY

• In Texas, Colorado, and texas, April 31 is Cesar Chavez day
• In Laredo, Texas April is César Chávez month

MONUMENTS

• In Keene California, is the National César Chávez center
• In 2012, President Obama declared it a national monument

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymoreWe have seen the future, and the future is ours.
-César Chávez

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• https://www.humanrights.com/voices-for-human-rights/cesar-chavez.html
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Chavez

BIBLIOGRAPHY (PT.2)

• https://ufw.org/research/history/story-cesar-chavez/