have even lead to violence. The United States of America has always been unequal when it comes to wealth and standard of living. Look back into the days of Carnegie‚ JP Morgan‚ and Rockefeller. Those three men basically controlled the country through pure wealth alone. Many people have suffered at the hands of this capitalist society‚ and especially the people of Latin American descent. Cesar Chavez was a labor rights activist who fought for the rights of workers; a community leader; and “a remarkable
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not able to buy the house back so his family decided to move to California and become migrant farm workers. He and his family moved from place to place to pick seasonal fruits from all over California. They picked everything from peas and lettuce to grapes and cotton. After quitting school in the tenth grade‚ at the age of 15‚ after having worked on the farm for many years‚ he decided to join the United States Navy at the age of seventeen‚ where he served two years. Upon returning‚ he married his
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brutality‚ led voter registration drives‚ pushed for improved public services and fought to enact new legislation. Dolores Huerta wanted to form an organization that fought of the interests of the farm workers. While continuing to work at CSO Dolores Huerta founded and organized the Agricultural Workers Association in 1960. Dolores Huerta was key in organizing citizenship requirements removed from pension‚ and public assistance programs. She also was instrumental in passage of legislation allowing
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contract labor program initiated in 1942 by the United States and Mexico. Designed originally to bring a experienced Mexican agricultural laborers to harvest sugar beets in Stockton‚ California‚ but soon spread to most of the United States and to the railroad industry. Although the railroad program ended in 1945‚ after World War II the agricultural program continued until 1964. Originally‚ the program was designed to protect the illegal migrant workers against the exploitation by American farmers.
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become migrant farm workers. After graduating from 8th grade‚ Cesar started working full-time in the fields to help support his family because his father was injured due to a car crash. 6th slide: Migrant farm workers are people that move from farm to farm to harvest crops when needed. This was a dangerous and hard job due to the use of pesticides. 7th slide: Chavez in the Navy: Cesar served in the U.S. Navy during World War 2. When he returned from war‚ he labored as a farm worker in California
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1993 in San Luis‚ Az. Co-founded the National Farm Workers Association with Dolores Huerta. Cesar Chavez was a farm worker‚ labor leader‚ and civil rights activist. He is the best-known Latino American civil rights activist. His slogan was “Si‚ se puede” (“Yes‚ it is possible”). Since his death in 1993‚ California‚ Colorado‚ and Texas celebrate March 31 as Cesar Chavez Day. In 1942‚ Chavez graduated middle school and became a full time migrant farm worker. In 1952‚ Chavez stopped working in the fields
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migrant farm workers that move from farm to farm in the American West picking different things for farm owners depending on the season. The life of the migrant farm worker is not an easy one. Many farm owners have been known to take advantage of the lack of education and organization of these poor people to get them into bad situations where contracts require them to work grueling hours for meager wages and to lose a lot of that small bit that they did receive back as living expenses. The workers found
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the heroic figures of our times‚” Senator Robert F. Kennedy once said as Cesar E. Chavez was honored the “Presidential Medal of Freedom & the Aguila Azteca” due to his extraordinary achievements. Cesar E. Chavez was born March 31‚ 1927‚ on the small farm near Yuma‚ Arizona. Upon his youth growing into his manhood‚ Chavez was forced to migrate southwest to work in the fields and vineyards‚ where he was open tot he sufferings and inequalities of a homestead laborer. Chavez was able to become of himself
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union leader and farm worker advocate‚ was born near Yuma Arizona on March 31‚ 1927. On March 23‚ 1993 this great man died in San Luis‚ Arizona. It is said that his hunger strike contributed to his death. Cesar’s commitment to farm workers was shaped by his own experience in the farm industry and his parent that taught him how imperative it was to help others. As a child‚ Cesar worked restlessly in his family’s farm. Later the family had to move to California because their farm was taken away for
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pesticide in the agricultural farms which is the major source of employment for the residents of the community. McFarland is a small community in Kern County‚ with the population of about 6200‚ located at the southern end of California’s San Joaquin Valley. They are the main source of cotton and Almond in the area. Census Data of 1980 revealed that 40 percent of the population is less than 18 years of age. Main source of employment of the population is the farms with the annual income of merely
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