Cesar Chavez

(noun)

An American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962.

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Examples of Cesar Chavez in the following topics:

  • Civil Rights of Immigrants

    • The United Farm Workers union, led by Cesar Chavez, directly addressed this illegal exploitation of workers.

  • A Multicultural Society

    • For example, in 2009 and 2010, controversy erupted in Texas as the state's curriculum committee made several changes to the state's school cirriculum requirements, often at the expense of minorities: juxtaposing Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address with that of Confederate president Jefferson Davis; debating removing Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and labor-leader César Chávez; and rejecting calls to include more Hispanic figures, in spite of the high Hispanic population in the state.

  • Conclusion: Change in the 1960s

    • The Mexican American civil rights movement, led largely by Cesar Chavez, also made significant progress at this time.

  • Depression and Post-War Victories

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    • Chavez, a Mexican-American labor leader, for example, worked to organize farm laborers, many of them Mexican-Americans, in California, creating what is now the United Farm Workers of America.

  • Latino Rights

    • In 1962, Chavez and Huerta founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA).
    • In 1965, when Filipino grape pickers led by Filipino American Larry Itliong went on strike to call attention to their plight, Chavez lent his support.
    • When Chavez asked American consumers to boycott grapes, politically conscious people around the country heeded his call, and many unionized longshoremen refused to unload grape shipments.
    • In 1966, Chavez led striking workers to the state capitol in Sacramento, further publicizing the cause.
    • Martin Luther King, Jr. telegraphed words of encouragement to Chavez, whom he called a “brother.”

  • Biological Theories of Deviance

    • The school was headed by medical criminologist Cesare Lombroso, who argued that criminality was a biological trait found in some human beings.
    • Cesare Lombroso argued that criminality was a biological trait found in some human beings

  • Em-Dashes and En-Dashes

  • Dissociation

  • Scientific Exploration

    • Cesare Beccaria, a jurist and one of the great Enlightenment writers, published his masterpiece Of Crimes and Punishments in 1764.

  • Congressional Initiatives

    • Herbert Hoover as the new President of the United States; original drawing for an Oscar Cesare political cartoon, 17 March, 1929