Cesar Chavez Case Study

In his first large protest, Cesar went on a long march. When reflecting upon the march Chavez remarked that, “We marched alone at the beginning, but today, we count men of all creeds, nationalities, and occupations in number.” (Chavez, 2) From the very beginning, Chavez brought groups of people together by uniting his small group of protesters with a group of Filipino strikers to create the United Farm Workers. Uniting his group of protesters with the group of striking Filipino workers allowed the protest to become bigger, and therefore more successful. The large numbers also attracted more attention from the media. By uniting groups of strikers, Chavez created a strong protest organization that lasts even today. Another essential group of people Chavez got to join his cause were the consumers. Chavez and his partner Dolores Huerta once wrote, “We called upon our fellow men, and were answered by consumers.” (Chavez, Huerta, 1) Consumers helped the protest by participating in a grape boycott, and did not buy grapes until the grape workers’ needs were met. With this boycott, Chavez tried to weaken the business of the grape growers until they complied, and it worked. When thousands of citizens would not by grapes, the media covered the issue. Through the media coverage, the boycott spread rapidly, uniting people from all over the United States. With the popularity of the boycott, the protest evolved into not just a protest, but a civil rights

The number of Hispanic Americans tripled during the decade and became recognized as an oppressed minority. Cesar Chavez organized Hispanics in the United Farm Workers Association. (Lonestar College Library)

Chavez was a Latino farmer. He migrated to Arizona. Cesar Chavez was working in the South in hot fields and vineyards. After his forceful speech, he was known as a religious and spiritual person. From Chavez’s background, he understands the hard workers

Cesar Chavez fought for other migrant farmers because he had experienced what they were experiencing, and thought he should make a difference when Chavez started leading the UFW, United Farm Workers, is when his movement really started. Lots of things happened during Chavez’s childhood “At age 11, his family lost their farm during the Great Depression and became migrant farm workers”(Cesar Chavez Foundation). That is the main reason for why Chavez noticed the issues that were surfacing with workers, this is what got him into the farms. Cesar taught many unforgettable lessons “Cesar learned and taught others how commitment and sacrifice can set you free from the constraints imposed by depending entirely on money and material things”(Cesar Chavez Foundation). The citation shows how Cesar made a big impact on others even if only teaching them. Cesar did many

Cesar Chavez fought for other migrant farmers because he had experienced what they were experiencing and thought he should make a difference when Chavez

Many leaders in Unites States are remembered for their hard and memorable work like Cesar Chaves. He was an American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist, who had one of the most influential boycott in the US. Cesar grew up on a farm but shortly after his family lost their farm due to the Great Depression. The family moves to California to work in the fields. As a child Cesar only finished 8th grade because the family needed money to survive, he was forced to work in the fields daily, for long hours. Right after WWII ended he joined the navy for two years. After his return to California, Cesar helped farmers gain respect and dignity that they deserved. Cesar knew that farmworkers strikes where brutally crushed, but he never gave up and continued fighting

With the increase in salary many Mexicans would feel the money made would be enough to support their family, and live a more comfortable life. The growth of immigrants sparked around the 1970’s, and continued to grow as decades passed. According to the pewhispanic.org the immigrant population had a seventeen fold increase from the decades before. (seven hundred sixty thousand immigrants were currently in the United States in the nineteen seventies.) Even with the increase in salary Mexican americans were still unsatisfied, and believed they deserved more money, more respect, and less racial segregation. The leader of the United Farm Workers movement Cesar Chavez helped organize boycotts and strikes against the farm owners, and got others to stop buying grapes; this severely hurt the grape growing business. Not only did the increase in salary encourage others to immigrate to the United States, but better working conditions did as well. With more immigrants entering the United States, many Mexicans would find themselves to be illegally in the US. Chavez was strongly against those who were in the US illegally and would refuse to help them. Though these people were not receiving the UFW benefits, it encouraged them to apply for citizenship.

The article “Cesar Chavez Saved My Life,” written by Daniel “Nane” Alejandrez reflects on Mr. Alejandraz’s past, covering some very unfortunate events, but with a purpose of pulling emotion from the reader. While reading some parts of the article, I had to reread it over a few times to comprehend the point that the author was trying to make. The most important thing about knowing his past is that it is significantly different, and much more positive in the future because of one person, Cesar Chavez.

Cesar Chavez, an eighth grade dropout, proves to be a man of courage, honesty and honor. This notable union leader was toughened and prepared for the life ahead of him by his early experience as a migrant laborer. Facing injustices at an early age and commencing childhood as a poor farm worker, Cesar Chavez could have been a man of insignificance. Instead, Cesar never failed to be a loyal leader and strive for justice all while being a passionate worker to live out the American dream. His value for hard work and devotion for the less fortunate are attributes that justify why he is seen as the most important Latino leader who was triumphant in keeping the dream alive.

During his time at the CSO, he had met Dolores Huerta, a woman who shared his passion for obtaining farm worker’s civil rights. His plan was to fight for the rights of the migrant and resident farm workers in California. To achieve this goal, Chavez set out to form a “viable union” among the thousands of disenfranchised farm workers.

To illustrate as a first example, Cesar Chavez was a courageous fellow who helped give farmers better working conditions through an organization entitled United Farm Workers (UFW). Throughout his childhood and his adulthood, Cesar was a migrating farmer who migrated through “...streams throughout California laboring in the fields, orchards and vineyards, where he was exposed to the hardships and injustices of farm worker life” (Cesar Chavez Foundation). This made Cesar motivated to fight for workers rights because he knew that the conditions were terrible and wanted to make them better not only for himself but for his community. In addition

After all Chávez persisted active in the fight for justice and in his proficiency to organize nonviolent demonstrations for workers and civil rights his entire life, the battle he began continues today through the United Farm Workers Union which protects and advocates for the rights of farm workers. In addition, Chávez's example and the accomplishments of UFW inspired

Chavez wanted to help immigrants and chicanos against discrimination because they weren’t getting the same amount of rights as the americans were getting and heard many complaints about it as he traveled between Arizona and California. As an immigrant and knowing the pain

Cesar Chavez is a well known, important, labor leader, civil rights activist and founder of the National Farm Workers Association. Cesar Chavez was born on March 31, 1927 in Yuma Arizona. At a young age Chavez learned about the injustices and maltreatment of Mexicans at the hands of Anglo citizens. At the age of 10 Chavez and his family lost their home and store in 1937 forcing them to travel to California to become farm workers. At the time farm workers had to travel from farm to farm for whatever harvest was in season. Cesar Chavez only received an 8th grade education and went on to attended 38 different schools until he dropped out to become a farm worker. In his earliest form of social activism Chavez joined the Community Service Organization,

What did he do to help the farm workers well he did many things in many different ways. For example he had fasted for days to show people the way of nonviolence. Cesar Chavez even made an organization (UFW) which stands for United Farm Workers, which had helped them with ,more,