Cesar Chavez

1.Cesar Chavez was a American citizen and was born in Yuma Arizona.



2.Cesar Chavez and his family became migrant workers after losing their farm in the Great Depression.



3.Cesar attended more than 30 elementary and middle schools. After he dropped he worked full time in the fields and also joined the navy in 1946.



4.The CSO was Community Service Organization. The kind of work he did for them was with immigration and tax problems, and taught them how to organize to deal with problems like police violence and discrimination. H quited after organization turned down his request to organize farmworkers in 1962.

5.What i think all of them have in common are that they are leaders. "The strikers faced odds that could not be overcome by traditional labor tactics."

6.They were farm workers and they started getting hired because they will work for a little bit of money unlike Americans getting payed allot

7.The other ethnic group that help achieve equality minority farm workers.

8.The crop they used to organize a boycott was grape. Yes the boycott was successful.

9.The great leader the grandpa mentioned was John Kennedy. Cesar Chavez was important to him because he had the short handled hoe in my hand and also he will tell him "si se puede"

10 The grandpa and his grandchild celebrated Cesar Chavez birthday in school.

11."The short one,” was a hoe that was only twenty-four inches long, forcing the farmworkers who used it to bend and stoop all day long—a position that often led to lifelong, debilitating back injuries.".

12.Yes there is and they are his birthday on march 31 and a elementary named after him.

13. "We want to be recognized, yes, but not with a glowing epitaph on our tombstone..." I chose this quote because it is better making a change then people to know who you are.

14.Respect for life and knowledge because both of this is good in your life if you want to be someone when you grow up.