Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez

politician
human rights defender
trade unionist
laborer
🇺🇸United States
✝️Catholicism
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Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union. Ideologically, his worldview combined left-wing politics with Catholic social teachings.

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Lifespan
1927 – 1993
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32
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Career Journey

Background

Born in
Yuma
Awards
🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 Pacem in Terris Award🏆 Gandhi Peace Award🏆 California Hall of Fame🏆 Labor Hall of Honor

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  • 1927

    Born

    Birth
  • 1993

    Died

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