Cesar Chavez

They told us out of how ASEAN and landowners would exploit their workers. So as I learned of the easy life of the rich at the expense of the poor. When you moved to California, he went to school. He didn't know how to speak English. So San was punished for speaking Spanish in schools. He frequently heard racist remarks at school. Says that and his brother Richard attended 37 schools during her educational school years. By the end of the 8th grade, says I had to drop out of school to become a farm worker to financially assist his family. He served this country by being in the United States Navy as a volunteer at the very young age of 17. He served in the South Pacific and was discharged and came back to work in the fields. Cared enough for his people to say that we need to stand up for what we know is right. 

It comes to the Latino community in particular, you know, most of us have roots in agriculture and farm workers. And what an example to set for the rest of the country that Latinos deserve their rights in this country too, that the poorest of the poor, the farm workers who work so hard and are so critical to the economy of California and the country deserve fair treatment and justice in their lives too. Well, probably the most powerful part was he set the example for the whole world to see that if he could do it for farm workers, the any of us could educate ourselves organize ourselves and insist on better treatment insist on equal rights, regardless of where we live. In 1952, says our joined the community service organization. A variable based self help group within several months since I was a full-time organizer with CSO. In 1962, he resigned from the CSO and founded the national farm workers association with Dolores huerta. In 1965, with 1200 member families join an AFL CIO sponsored union in a strike against major Delano area table and my grape growers.

In 1966, the two unions merged to form the UFW and it became affiliated with the AFL CIO against great aunt, says I let a successful 5 year strike boycott that rally millions of supporters to the united farm workers. In the early 1970s, the UFW organized strikes and boycotts to protest war and later win higher wages for those farm workers who are working for grapes and let us growers. During the 1980s, Chavez led a boycott to protest the use of toxic pesticides on grapes. Shed blood so that farm workers could have dignity in the fields. Cesar Chavez tried to change the laws so that farm workers could have rights. Since that Chavez created a union to make sure that the farm workers had a voice. That's on Chavez was recognized for his contributions to the nation, his contributions to farm workers, primarily, but to workers in general and to his whole career in life as an advocate for human rights and civil rights, he was recognized by president Clinton posthumously by giving him awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest award that a civilian can receive for service to the country. When we were little, someone picked a fight with us at school or whatever and we'd come home and complain and he did this and that and my dad would say turn the other cheek. I'm like, so it took a lot of strength to be able to do that. He came to the conclusion that it's not right to eat animals. He valued workers, evaluated people of all races and colors, but he also valued animals. He stands right up there with Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, and very few other people who did all of these things without violence. He really dedicated his life to help others. His former movement was up against a lot of hostility. A lot of abuse, physical and otherwise, but it never got violent. Their strength was through peace. Three more songs. Heroes. How'd you say it? Then I forgot the word. Yeah, and poured it. And. Have you say that? And one word. And a very good person.