Timeline of Chavez’s Life
1927 - Chavez was born on March 31st, 1927, in Arizona in the city of Yuma.
1938 - Chavez’s family owned a farm, but they were evicted so they became migrant farm workers. This caused Cesar to leave school right after completing 8th grade and join his family on the farm.
1946 - Chaves enlists in the Navy and serves two years.
1948 - Cesar gets married to Helen Favela, together they have 8 children.
1952 - He becomes a part of the Community Service Organization(CSO), which is an important Latino Civil Rights group.
1958 - Chaves rises to the top of the CSO and under his leadership, he helps improve the lives of the Latin community.
1962 - Chavez creates his own organization focusing on the rights of migrant workers …show more content…
1968- Cesar Chavez leads a national boycott known as “La Causa” of the California table grape growers and became supported by 17 million Americans.
1970 - Chavez is imprisoned for organizing and refusing to end the boycott against Bud Auntie Lettuce for signing with the Teamsters union. “La Causa” ends when the United Farm Workers sign a contract the majority of the California table grape growers.
1973 - Many of those participating in the strike spread throughout California and thousands were arrested, due to the violence and the deaths of two strikers Chavez ends the strike and begins another boycott against grapes.
1975 - His efforts result in the California Labors Relations Act, which provides farm workers the right to boycott and to collectively bargain.
1988 - Chaves does his last and longest fast to bring awareness to the health hazards that workers and their families experience due to the pesticides, this fast lasts 36 days.
1993 - On April 23,1993 in Yuma, Arizona, Cesar Chavez peacefully passed away in his sleep and had a funeral to which 40,000 people attended …show more content…
The CSO was a civil rights group made up of Mexican Americans that focused on the rights of Latinos. The organization helped many register to vote, gain citizenship, and fight against police brutality. Chavez later became the head of the CSO, but soon he created a group of his own known as the National Farm Workers Association. This civil rights association dedicated itself to help migrant farm workers with insurance, a better salary, and bargaining collectively. Cesar Chavez, like many other historical figures, strongly advocated for non-violent forms of achieving civil rights and improvement such as boycotts and strikes. The NFWA collaborated with the Agricultural Workers Organization Committee, together they merged and became the United Farm Workers and began the five year strike known as “La Causa”, which boycotted table grape growers. He also organized and led a nationwide lettuce boycott that he ended due to the violence depicted form
1927 - Chavez was born on March 31st, 1927, in Arizona in the city of Yuma.
1938 - Chavez’s family owned a farm, but they were evicted so they became migrant farm workers. This caused Cesar to leave school right after completing 8th grade and join his family on the farm.
1946 - Chaves enlists in the Navy and serves two years.
1948 - Cesar gets married to Helen Favela, together they have 8 children.
1952 - He becomes a part of the Community Service Organization(CSO), which is an important Latino Civil Rights group.
1958 - Chaves rises to the top of the CSO and under his leadership, he helps improve the lives of the Latin community.
1962 - Chavez creates his own organization focusing on the rights of migrant workers …show more content…
1968- Cesar Chavez leads a national boycott known as “La Causa” of the California table grape growers and became supported by 17 million Americans.
1970 - Chavez is imprisoned for organizing and refusing to end the boycott against Bud Auntie Lettuce for signing with the Teamsters union. “La Causa” ends when the United Farm Workers sign a contract the majority of the California table grape growers.
1973 - Many of those participating in the strike spread throughout California and thousands were arrested, due to the violence and the deaths of two strikers Chavez ends the strike and begins another boycott against grapes.
1975 - His efforts result in the California Labors Relations Act, which provides farm workers the right to boycott and to collectively bargain.
1988 - Chaves does his last and longest fast to bring awareness to the health hazards that workers and their families experience due to the pesticides, this fast lasts 36 days.
1993 - On April 23,1993 in Yuma, Arizona, Cesar Chavez peacefully passed away in his sleep and had a funeral to which 40,000 people attended …show more content…
The CSO was a civil rights group made up of Mexican Americans that focused on the rights of Latinos. The organization helped many register to vote, gain citizenship, and fight against police brutality. Chavez later became the head of the CSO, but soon he created a group of his own known as the National Farm Workers Association. This civil rights association dedicated itself to help migrant farm workers with insurance, a better salary, and bargaining collectively. Cesar Chavez, like many other historical figures, strongly advocated for non-violent forms of achieving civil rights and improvement such as boycotts and strikes. The NFWA collaborated with the Agricultural Workers Organization Committee, together they merged and became the United Farm Workers and began the five year strike known as “La Causa”, which boycotted table grape growers. He also organized and led a nationwide lettuce boycott that he ended due to the violence depicted form