Cesar Chavez's Rights Movement

Cesar Chavez was an inspirational figure in history who used civil disobedience to raise more respect for farm workers all throughout America. After his family lost their farm due to the great economic collapse as known as the Great Depression, they became migrant farm workers. The Chavez family along with other migrant farmer families were paid at the minimum wage, even though they experienced harsh physical labor. Cesar Chavez immediately recognized this was not right, and knew it needed to come to an end. He dreamed that one day, the unfair treatment would stop, and thanks to his actions, his dreams became reality. The first passage from “About Cesar” states how Cesar founded the organization entitled the “United Farm Workers of America”. Through this society, he (as said in excerpts from “We Shall Overcome) wanted to earn justice for the “lowest paid workers in America. To do so, friends and family of farmworkers teamed up and began to rally in order to support the cause. Other organizations, such as churches, assisted in raising money for the foundation. Next, Chavez stated how the ranchers he recruited to join in on the strike were not taking the situation very …show more content…
He felt they were not being paid nearly enough for the hard work they did all day under the scorching sun. His aspirations were eventually brought into play through months of gatherings, boycotts, and farm labor movements. With his persuasion and his peers by his side at all times to support him, Chavez earned human rights and raised the profit made by agricultural workers. His achievements made great impact on the society and economy of the United States, leaving him well-known nationwide. Cesar Chavez was a civil rights leader and hero who helped to bring money to migrant farm workers during one of America’s worst times of