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Cesar Estevez Chavez. =. BIRTH. Cesar was born on March 31, 1927. He was born in San Luis, Arizona. His family has lived there since his grandfather migrated from Mexico. Early Childhood. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Cesar Estevez Chavez
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BIRTH• Cesar was born on March 31, 1927. He was
born in San Luis, Arizona. His family has lived there since his grandfather migrated from Mexico.
Early Childhood
• Cesar grew up on his family farm. He also spent time in the store his family owned. However, they lost the farm when he was 10.
• Cesar grew up on his family farm. He also spent time in the store his family owned. However, they lost the farm when he was 10.
Bye-bye Farm
A Little Later…
• Cesar worked with his family harvesting fields, while moving from farm to farm. After 8th grade, Cesar started working full time to support his father who was injured in a car crash.
AHHHHHHHHH!!!DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Early Adulthood
• Chavez was in the Navy during WWII. When he returned, he did what he knows best. He worked on a farm in California.
Marriage
• Soon after returning from the war, Cesar married Helen Fabela.
• They had 8 children.• They also had 31
grandchildren
His career
• Chavez then joined a group called the National Farm Workers Association. They fought many violent battles. All of them against grape growers.
Later in his Crusade
• Chavez was jailed during the struggle. Grape agreements were finally made. So he boycotted lettuce
More Grapes
• After lettuce, Cesar went back to a five year grape boycott. People did not buy California grapes until safe working conditions were made.(1968)
Towards the End
• In 1978, some worker demands were met. The boycotts were finally lifted.
• Hundreds of farmers lived by his motto.
“Yes, it can be done”
An it proved true.
“Si, se puede.”
• His work for fair conditions for farmers changed the lives of millions for the better.
• In 1993, Chavez died of natural causes at age 66. However, farm workers all over the united states still had safe working conditioins.
• Chavez was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This event took place in 1994, unfortunately after his death.
Today
• The UFW and Cesar’s children and grandchildren still fight for social justice.
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/hispanicamerican/chavez/
• http://images.google.com• http://clnet.ucla.edu/research/chavez/bio/
The End
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