Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta

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Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta - Champions of the Migrant Workers

Migrant workers harvest many of the fruits and vegetables we eat. In the 1960's migrant workers were paid $1 a day. They worked many hours (often in fields sprayed with poisons) and lived in shacks without electricity or running water. Cesar and Delores made people aware of the terrible living and working conditions. They held meetings all over the country and told true stories of the migrants' poverty. Their PERSEVERANCE in this struggle helped to improve the lives of migrant workers.

Quotes:

"It is a gate of hope through which they expect to find the sunlight of a better life for themselves and their families."

"Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers."

"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures."

"Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?"

... more Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta quotes

Cesar Chavez:
Mar 31, 1927 - Apr 23, 1993
Dolores Huerta:
Apr 10, 1930 -

Virtue: Perseverance

What can you say to convince yourself to keep going when you feel like giving up?

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Real American Heroes trading card of hero Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta and virtue Perseverance, back side

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Fun Facts

California has established an official state holiday to honor Latino labor leader Cesar Chavez. Cesar Chavez Day is intended to promote service to the community in honor of Chavez's life and work. This day will be celebrated on March 31st.
Dolores Huerta is married to Richard Chavez. He’s the brother of Cesar Chavez.
... additional facts are listed on the Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta trading card

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Links

United Farm Workers

http://www.ufw.org/

Sign the Petition for a National Cesar E. Chavez Holiday - The Cesar Chavez National Holiday Coalition is gathering signatures on petitions asking Congress to designate March 31, Cesar’s birthday and the day the UFW was founded, as Cesar Chavez Day.

http://www.ufwaction.org/campaign/chavezholiday?qp_source=web

Si Se Puede! Cesar E. Chavez and His Legacy - This web page was created as part of an exhibition and commemoration of the life and work of Cesar E. Chavez by UCLA.

http://clnet.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/chavez/

Cesar Chávez: Simple Man, People’s Hero - Borderlands, an El Paso Community College History Project

http://www.epcc.edu/nwlibrary/borderlands/15_cesar_chavez.htm

Cesar Chavez and the UFW: the United Farmworkers Union - (many more pages are located on this website)

http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fightfields/cesarchavez1.html

VHS - Movie: The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers' Struggle - This documentary traces the history of the United Farmworkers Union and the life of its founder, Cesar Chavez.

http://www.amazon.com/Fight-Fields-Chavez-Farmworkers-Struggle/dp/0781507235

Cesar Chavez - Online Encyclopedia - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Chavez

Delores Huerta - Online Encyclopedia - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Huerta

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List Of Heroes

Jane Addams Susan B. Anthony Clara Barton Mary McLeod Bethune Elizabeth Blackwell Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Roberto Clemente Walt Disney Thomas Edison Albert Einstein Benjamin Franklin Milton Hershey Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lewis & Clark & Sacagawea Abraham Lincoln George C. Marshall John Muir Rosa Parks Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey Eleanor Roosevelt Jonas Salk Harry S Truman Harriet Tubman George Washington

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