Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993
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- Chavez, Cesar Estrada, 1927-1993
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1927-03-31
Death Date
- 1993-04-23
Has Affiliation
- Organization: United Farm Workers of America
Birth Place
- Yuma (Ariz.)
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Delano, 1967.
- found: Learning about justice from the life of César Chávez, 1996:CIP t.p. (César Chávez) galley (b. in Yuma, Ariz., 1927; his grandfather came to U.S. from Mexico; est. National Farm Workers Association, the first union for farm workers; d. 1993)
- found: Wikipedia, April 1, 2013(Cesar Chavez; born March 31, 1927 in Yuma, Ariz; died April 23, 1993; César Estrada Chávez, was an American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist, who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers union, UFW). A Mexican American, Chavez became the best known Latino American civil rights activist, and was strongly promoted by the American labor movemen; his public-relations approach to unionism and aggressive but nonviolent tactics made the farm workers' struggle a moral cause with nationwide support)
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Change Notes
- 1980-07-18: new
- 2023-09-06: revised
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