cesar chavez

     

In 1962 he used his life savings to form the National Farm Workers Association in Delano, Calif.

Trivia about cesar chavez

  • His farm workers union merged with the AFL-CIO in 1966 with him as president
  • He began his labor organizing career in a San Jose, Calif, barrio called Sal si Puedes, "get out if you can"
  • Speech on ending his fast, March 10, 1961, Delano, California
  • The USA's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, was awarded posthumously to this man in 1994
  • The University of Texas at Austin has erected a statue honoring this founder of the United Farm Workers
  • In 1962 this man organized migrant grape pickers into what became known as the United Farm Workers