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Cesar ChavezActivist
Born: 31 March 1927 Died: 23 April 1993 (natural causes) Birthplace: Yuma, Arizona Best known as: Leader of the 1960s grape boycott Cesar Chavez was a union organizer and social activist of the 1960s. The son of migrant laborers, Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) and later the United Farm Workers (UFW). He led a five-year nonviolent boycott against California grape growers, protesting poor working conditions and the use of pesticides harmful to farm workers. The boycott became a cause celebre and was finally successful in winning new rights for workers. In 1994 Chavez was posthumously awarded the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Copyright © 1998-2006 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. More on Cesar Chavez from Infoplease:
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