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Cesar Chavez: Get to Know the Leader Who Won Rights for Workers
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As a child, Cesar Chavez's family lost its farm. Cesar never forgot how that felt, so as an adult, he fought for the rights of farm workers. His efforts shined a light on the conditions farm workers faced. In the struggle for fair wages and labor laws to protect farm workers, Chavez had a lasting impact beyond the fields.
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Cesar Chavez - Rebecca Langston-George
People You Should Know: Cesar Chavez by Rebecca Langston-GeorgeTHE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Chapter 1: The No
That Planted the Seed
Chapter 2: The Great Depression
Chapter 3: Viva La Causa!
Chapter 4: The Nonviolent Struggle
Chapter 5: The Salad Bowl Strike
Chapter 6: A Monument in His Honor
Glossary
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Critical Thinking Questions
Index
Copyright
Back Cover
1
THE NO
THAT PLANTED THE SEED
On his 35th birthday, Cesar Chavez quit the best-paying—and only steady—job he had ever had.
Cesar was the national staff director of the Community Service Organization (CSO). The CSO fought discrimination and worked to register voters. But as a former migrant worker, Cesar knew the nation’s poorest workers needed help too. Cesar asked CSO to let him organize farm workers into a labor union.
Cesar was a talented organizer. He had built CSO into the most effective Latino civil rights group of its time. Even so, his idea was voted down. With that no,
Cesar decided that organizing farm workers would be his mission.
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