Introduction Cesar Chavez was a Mexican American labor activist (1927-1933). Chavez is also the head of the United Farm Workers. He helped improve working conditions for laborers in bad working condition. He was the voice for many farmworkers and engaged nonviolent means. He had led many boycotts and a few hunger strikes to improve work conditions.
Childhood
Cesar Estrada Chavez was born on March 31, 1927 in Yuma, Arizona. He grew up on a farm that his grandfather started, with his family. During the Great Depression, the economic conditions forced Cesar’s parents to give up the farm. Cesar and his family became migrant workers and Cesar had to drop out of eighth grade to help support his family.
Wages for the migrant workers were …show more content…
Cesar had gone to almost thirty different schools since he had to move so much. Students at his schools had made fun of him for his accent and would call him names. He would get hit in the knuckles by his teachers for speaking Spanish. Cesar had a hard time in school especially since his teachers only speak english. He had only understood english. He was taught how to read in English by his teacher and Spanish by his uncle. Cesar did not finish school because he had to help support his family’s income. He had dropped out of school in eighth …show more content…
She was born in 1982 in Mexico but raised in California, Arizona, and Texas. She had always taken care of her family and made sure her kids still got their education. Juana had taught all of her children to be respectful and helpful to others in need no matter what.
Cesar was always close to his family. He was actually named after his grandfather Cesario Chavez. His grandpa had actually been a slave tied to land in Mexico. He later on escaped and started the Chavez family farm, the farm that Cesar had grew up on.
Successes/Failures
Influences Cesar’s biggest influence was his mother. She had taught him non-violent ways to organize farm workers and really helped him become the great man he was. Father McDonnell was also another influence of Cesar. McDonnell was like a teacher to Cesar because he was teaching him things that he had missed out on in school. He had also built a church that was close to Cesar’s home in the San Jose barrio. McDonnell had introduced books on Gandhi and St. Francis to Cesar.
Conclusion
Work Cited
"An American Hero The Biography of César E. Chávez." Ca.gov. California Department of Education, 2002. Web. 16 Mar. 2017.
Childhood
Cesar Estrada Chavez was born on March 31, 1927 in Yuma, Arizona. He grew up on a farm that his grandfather started, with his family. During the Great Depression, the economic conditions forced Cesar’s parents to give up the farm. Cesar and his family became migrant workers and Cesar had to drop out of eighth grade to help support his family.
Wages for the migrant workers were …show more content…
Cesar had gone to almost thirty different schools since he had to move so much. Students at his schools had made fun of him for his accent and would call him names. He would get hit in the knuckles by his teachers for speaking Spanish. Cesar had a hard time in school especially since his teachers only speak english. He had only understood english. He was taught how to read in English by his teacher and Spanish by his uncle. Cesar did not finish school because he had to help support his family’s income. He had dropped out of school in eighth …show more content…
She was born in 1982 in Mexico but raised in California, Arizona, and Texas. She had always taken care of her family and made sure her kids still got their education. Juana had taught all of her children to be respectful and helpful to others in need no matter what.
Cesar was always close to his family. He was actually named after his grandfather Cesario Chavez. His grandpa had actually been a slave tied to land in Mexico. He later on escaped and started the Chavez family farm, the farm that Cesar had grew up on.
Successes/Failures
Influences Cesar’s biggest influence was his mother. She had taught him non-violent ways to organize farm workers and really helped him become the great man he was. Father McDonnell was also another influence of Cesar. McDonnell was like a teacher to Cesar because he was teaching him things that he had missed out on in school. He had also built a church that was close to Cesar’s home in the San Jose barrio. McDonnell had introduced books on Gandhi and St. Francis to Cesar.
Conclusion
Work Cited
"An American Hero The Biography of César E. Chávez." Ca.gov. California Department of Education, 2002. Web. 16 Mar. 2017.