Cesar Chavez was an incredible man. He started the National Farm Workers of America union. He understood being underpaid, he experienced being cheated out of land, and he had to work very hard to eventually own land. To begin with migrant workers get paid very little even though they work long hours in the sun. Most migrant children stop school at eighth grade, by then they are ready to work the long hours. The Chavez family was very poor. This means that everyone in the Chavez family had to work the long hours. Mr. Chavez stopped going to school in the eighth grade just to work in the field.
One day Chavez’s father saw an opportunity to own land, he made a deal with the landowner. The deal was that Chavez’s father would clear out 80
One day Chavez’s father saw an opportunity to own land, he made a deal with the landowner. The deal was that Chavez’s father would clear out 80