cesar Chavez

Who is Cesar Chavez

• The most important Latino leader in the U.S history
• Born in Yuma Arizona on March 31, 1929 
• Was the second of five children 
• Labor leader and civil right activist

Early Years

• The Chavez family had a small farm and ran a country store
• Chavez family lost both their farm and store in 1937
• Cesar was 10 years old when the family packed up and headed for California.
• In the 1940's family moved to Delano California 
• 17 year-old Cesar Chavez enlisted in the Navy

As an adult

• He returned to Delano and married his high school sweetheart Helen Favela
• Cesar and Helen moved to San Jose, where their first child Fernando was born.
• Children Fernando, Linda, Paul, Eloise, Sylvia and Anthony
• Chavez rapidly developed as an organizer, rising to become the president of CSO

CHAVEZ'S Move

• He wanted Farm owner to me fair to companies  
• Growers that owned the farms to respect farm workers 
• Providing them with fresh water to drink
• Bathrooms in the fields, and fair pay for a day’s work
• Cesar worked hard and sacrificed a lot for the farm workers  

civil right activist

• César did not believe in violence
• Many people supported César because he believed in nonviolence
•  Farmers deserved treatment, respect, dignity, justice, and fairness.