As a final point, Cesar Chaves utilized civil disobedience and non-violent protest, inspired by Thoreau’s beliefs, to improve the lives of struggling farm workers in United States. Chaves was born in 1927 near Yuma, Arizona where he grew up and worked alongside his family as migrant farm workers (Edwards 29). He understood the hardships of the farm workers well and he desired too improve their treatment, working conditions, and pay. He set out to organize a union of farm workers and in 1962 the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) was founded. They used fasting, picketing, marches, and strikes in order to obtain contracts from a few of the most dominant growers ("Cesar Estrada Chavez").
Chavez is best known for the boycott of California
Chavez is best known for the boycott of California