Cesar Chavez
Elementary
Caesar Chavez was a Mexican American born in 1927 in Arizona. He spent more than 40 years helping farm workers have a better life. In the 1930s, there was a big drought in Arizona. Caesar's family had to move to California because they couldn't grow crops on their farm. Caesar's family got jobs as migrant farm workers. They had to move from farm to farm picking crops for landowners. It was hard work and the pay was very low. Life was difficult for migrant workers in many ways. They made little money. They worked long hours each day. They were not giving clean water to drink while they worked. They were not allowed to dress during the day, and at night they had to stay in small shacks with dirt floors. All of the hardships the migrant farm workers had to deal with made Caesar decide he was going to flight farm workers rights.
He helped migrant workers register for those so they could have a part in picking America's leaders. He also started the united farm workers union to help thousands of farm workers join with the workers joining the union, landowners would have to listen to them. In 1965, Caesar led many California great pickers on a strike. During the strike, the workers were not working until the landing was agreed to pay them more. Caesar also started a boycott upgrade. He asked people to stop buying grapes from farms and treated workers unfairly. He also led a 300 mile marks to Sacramento, California, many farmworkers to show their displeasure with the land. All of Caesar's efforts paid off the landowners finally agreed to pay the farm workers more money and provide better farm conditions. Caesar saw this was a great Mexican American who showed that people can make a difference by working together.