How César Chávez Changed the World
On March 31, 1927, César Estrada Chávez was born in Yuma, Arizona. As this Mexican American was a little boy, his parents taught him the importance of hard work, education, and respect. He worked in his family's farm by feeding and watering animals, collecting eggs, and bringing water back to the house. His strict parents taught him the importance of respect and helping others to César and his siblings. They considered education as an important idea of life, but to César, school was difficult. His teacher only spoke in English, while he could only speak Spanish so far. In his opinion, his teacher was also mean: she would punish him for speaking Spanish. His uncles taught him to read in both English and Spanish. …show more content…
They moved to San José and began a new generation. César's life changed when Fred Ross hired him to work in the Community Service Organization to help people in his community. Fred strongly believed that people could make their community better if they worked together. The organization taught others how to vote and work harder to solve problems. After helping many people, César left the Community Service Organization to help farm workers gain their respect and dignity they deserve. César started the National Farm Worker Association to help improve the working conditions of farmers. People of all kind joined him. César and farmers wanted the companies and growers that owned the farms to respect the farm workers by providing fresh water to drink, bathrooms in the fields and fair pay. But the companies and growers refused. They even injured many farm workers, but César and his fellows continued the march. César didn’t believe violence, like Martin Luther King. Farmers wanted the same. He worked hard, suffered, and sacrificed a lot to make farm worker’s lives better. Five years passed, and some growers in California agreed. César and his fellows had won making farm worker’s lives
On March 31, 1927, César Estrada Chávez was born in Yuma, Arizona. As this Mexican American was a little boy, his parents taught him the importance of hard work, education, and respect. He worked in his family's farm by feeding and watering animals, collecting eggs, and bringing water back to the house. His strict parents taught him the importance of respect and helping others to César and his siblings. They considered education as an important idea of life, but to César, school was difficult. His teacher only spoke in English, while he could only speak Spanish so far. In his opinion, his teacher was also mean: she would punish him for speaking Spanish. His uncles taught him to read in both English and Spanish. …show more content…
They moved to San José and began a new generation. César's life changed when Fred Ross hired him to work in the Community Service Organization to help people in his community. Fred strongly believed that people could make their community better if they worked together. The organization taught others how to vote and work harder to solve problems. After helping many people, César left the Community Service Organization to help farm workers gain their respect and dignity they deserve. César started the National Farm Worker Association to help improve the working conditions of farmers. People of all kind joined him. César and farmers wanted the companies and growers that owned the farms to respect the farm workers by providing fresh water to drink, bathrooms in the fields and fair pay. But the companies and growers refused. They even injured many farm workers, but César and his fellows continued the march. César didn’t believe violence, like Martin Luther King. Farmers wanted the same. He worked hard, suffered, and sacrificed a lot to make farm worker’s lives better. Five years passed, and some growers in California agreed. César and his fellows had won making farm worker’s lives