Everything."Ĭhávez had a hard time adjusting to his new life as part of the migrant farm labor force. Things belonging to my father's family and my mother's as well. "Left chickens and cows and horses and implements. "We left everything behind," Chávez recalled. In 1938, the family was evicted from the land they had worked for nearly 50 years.
His parents, Librado Chávez, a small farmer and businessman, and Juana Estrada Chávez, a strong-willed, pious Catholic, ran a farm, grocery store, garage and pool hall in Arizona's North Gila Valley, near the California-Mexico border. An ardent advocate of nonviolence, Chávez was one of the most inspirational labor leaders of the 20th century, with an influence that stretched far beyond the California fields.Ĭésar Chávez was born on March 31, 1927, the second of five children and the oldest of three brothers. But for a time they succeeded beyond anyone's wildest imaginings. Nearly everyone told them it was impossible.
In 1962, he and a few others set out to organize a union of farm workers. César Chávez was a folk hero and symbol of hope to millions of Americans.
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