Cesar Chavez Research Paper

The change of not only hispanic farm workers, but also of many other people was all because of the hard work and the person that made that all possible was Cesar Chavez. Chavez was born on March 31, 1927. His parents were Librado Chavez and Juana Estrada Chavez. He also had four siblings Richards Chavez, Rita Chavez Medina, Vicky Chavez Lastr, and Libradi Chavez. He was born in Yumg, Arizona. His parents said that when he was older and he was able to speak he had an opinion over everything. His family came from field workers and he saw the harsh conditions that they had to face on a daily basis. From a young age he knew that he had to do something to change the way of living of not only his family, but of all of the other families and fieldworkers. Everything

began with the grape boycott.

Although he dedicated most of his life to this it made a difference to many people. Chavez was a civil rights activist and an inspiration to all Hispanic people to work hard and share your fortune and luck with everyone around them. He married Helen Fabela Chavez on October 27, 1948, and they had eight children together. On April 23, 1994 Cesar Chavez passed away of natural causes. He was found dead by a long time friend, Dofla Maria Hau, in San Luis, Arizona. Although he was very intelligent conman life and family problems with economy made him quit school in the seventh grade.
Even before Cesar Chavez was born people around the United States were treated unfairly. Many of them worked hard and didn’t get paid for their hard work. When he was young his parents and his siblings worked in the fields and all of them were still not able to make enough money to settle and have a good life. When Cesar Chavez grew older he opened his own grocery store to help and support the farmers that actually get paid a decent amount of

money. When he found out that one of the providers of his produce is treating the workers unfairly by not getting paid the appropriate amount and being denied. When he found this out he decided to make a boycott against the companies to make a point. People tend to just go to the groceries store and buy already picked and cleaned food. Most people don’t think about what actually happens before. They don’t think about the people that are personally affected by the downfall of the treatment towards all of the farm workers and the sacrifices they had to make towards the family. This is all of the things Chavez thought about that made the boycott begin. The boycott began on September 8, 1965 and that is one of the most important dates for all of the farm workers around the world for many years to come. The first event was held by Chavez. The march began in Delano and ended in Sacramento. That was a 300 mile march along the way many farm workers to fight for their rights would tag along for as long and as far as possible. This march was so long because they wanted to prove that it wasn’t just a temporary thing or that it was going to come to an end any time soon. The grape boycott ended on 1970. Because of the boycott the first law to protect the rights of organizations of farm laborers passed called the california labor relations act in 1975.(according to the official united farm workers website)
This act was the beginning of a oot more protests and boycotts to come. Not only toward workers treated unfairly, but also towards people who are discriminated and looked down upon. More related to a more recent incident that occurred when caucasian officers would intentionally take the lives of african american teenagers and children that had no weapon or no way to protect themselves. Many people saw this as an act of terror from the people that you are supposed to trust with life. This is when the trend of #BlackLivesMatter began. This organization does not have a designated leader like the boycott does, it is lead by members via social media and the internet. This organization is made to bring the day to day struggle of the black community up to the front ( according to the official black lives matter website). This movement is run by people who were directly affected by the terrifying acts or are passionate about making this world a better place just like cesar chavez. Even more recent events that are happening and need immediate attention include the school shootings that have been happening in the united states the past year or so. It took people a whole year and a school shooting almost every week to realize that there was a problem that was affecting the future of the United States of America. It took all of that time when florida students that were directly affected by this decided to finally act to end gun violence in schools. After the school shooting of florida it took the students a few weeks to be able to go back to school because of the trauma the students received from having to face what had happened. Young people are following the steps of cesar chavez to get their voice heard. They assembled marches went to the white house and made a movement to prove a point. While they were at the white house they did everything possible to just let the students who were affected by either losing a friend or being wounded speak out about the pain they feel on a day to day basis. This movement like Chavez's will change the world and the way schools are taken care of for the rest of the future of children.
A lot of people like to think that these protests and movements were all lead by someone who started it all. I personally like to believe that Cesar Chavez was that person towards protests that affect the race or unfairness towards people.