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    movement, Martin Luther King Jr. encouraged this approach. Ten years after MLK’s assassination, American civil rights activist Cesar Chavez published an article to commemorate the great leader and what he stood for. In his magazine article, Cesar Chavez utilizes logos, pathos, and ethos to convey the importance of nonviolence. To make nonviolence the more logical option, Chavez implements logos and leads readers to believe that violence takes too many sacrifices. After identifying the advantages of

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    being a history major and actually studying history a lot of things slip through the cracks, when it comes to civil right activist most people will think about Martin Luther King Jr., but the truth is that there are others: for example, Cesar Chavez. Cesar Chavez is usually cast away in the shadow of Martin Luther King Jr., and he doesn’t get the recognition he deserves. What I have notice is that U.S. history is painted in black and white. We as Americans need to start seeing the world in color

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    Ancient heroes are important to our understanding of modern heroes because they helped shape our heroes today. This can be seen because Cesar Chavez also completed hero tasks that were done in ancient times. This can also be seen because our modern day heroes reflect back to the ancient ones for a example. The ancient heroes help show what modern days hero would be like. If our ancient heroes helped shape our modern day heroes than it is possible that our modern day heroes will affect the heroes

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    The Faith of Words César Chavez once said, “Nonviolence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak. Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice It is the patience to win.”. His words inspired one young man to turn his life around and become a man of character who used his experiences to help others. In his essay “César Chávez Saved My Life” Daniel “Nene” Alejandrez tells his story of the struggle and anger towards many injustices that happen around

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    The Power of Words For Change “My ambition,” quoted Gandhi, the omnipotent warrior without weapons, as he led protestors on the monumental Salt March, “is much higher than independence.” Gandhi, alike Cesar Chavez and Michelle Obama, would then change our society as we know it. These three individuals enacted change by uniting a common opinion and raising awareness for the critical cause of human rights. Gandhi was the epitome of a human rights leader that, because of how he shaped peaceful protesting

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    people’s thinking. In addition, Cesar Chavez’s speeches are another example of influential speaking. I think the theme of these influential speaking is Righteousness, Independence, and Egalitarianism for everyone. In the famous speech “The American Dream” Dr. Martin Luther King shares an insight to what he has seen in his life and an insight into equality and unity in the United

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    Cesar Chavez, born in Yuma, Arizona, was a first-born American from a working class Latinx family. His Mexican parents lost their farm to the economic turmoil of the Great Depression, and he found himself working strenuously in the southwest’s vineyards, laboring in the agonizing heat for shamefully low wages. He must have experienced many sleepless nights, as farm workers were expected to rest in less-than-humane conditions and rise early in the morning to begin their exhausting work in the Southwestern

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    Immigrant Farmworker

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    Immigrant farmworkers, who were the main voice of oppressive labor laws and poor working conditions in the late 1960s through the 1990s have their message strongly echoed in “The Union of Their Dreams” by Miriam Pawel. Instead of focusing on Cesar Chávez, the believed frontrunner of the farmworker labor movement, Pawel chose to guide her attention towards the overall narrative of the movement by highlighting the stories of eight different second-level UFW workers who have their experiences shared

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    César was an American Farm man, labor activist, and civil rights activists with Mexican origins. César Estrada Chávez was born on March 31, 1927 in Yuma, AZ into a family of five children; little did everyone know this baby was going to be the most important symbol in Latino rights movements. After the failure of his father’s farm in Colorado, César and his family moved as migrant workers throughout the Southwest until they finally settled in Brawley, CA. Chavez worked in Delano, California, virtually

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    During the Chicano Movement, there were many different key leaders that helped the movement. These key leaders were Rodolfo ‘‘Corky’’ Gonzales, Reies Tijerina, and Cesar Chavez. These men were famous for many things. Such as, writing poems in order to help the Mexican-Americans to making organizations to unite and help everyone. Going on strikes so their voices can be heard. Although, the Chicano Movement was a movement in order for Mexican Americans to get civil rights not everyone in the Movement

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