Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez (1927–1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers union.
He organized migrant farmworkers, primarily Latino, to demand better wages and working conditions through strikes and boycotts.
His grape boycott of the 1960s and 70s became a national movement.
Chavez is commemorated with a federal holiday in several U.S. states.
Opposition through calm noncompliance
- GandhiIndian independence leader
- pacifismAntiwar moral stance
- moral leadershipGuiding others righteously
- dignityInnate personal worth
reconciliation · dialogue · compassion · satyagraha · Martin Luther King Jr. · spiritual discipline
Agricultural workers' union
- unionizeForm a labor collective
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
picketing · organizer · labor movement · worker's rights · Delano · negotiation · contract · solidarity
Rhythmic group walk
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- hunger strikeProtest through refusing food
grassroots · community organizing · pilgrimage · advocacy · petition · campaign · empowerment · awareness
One who relocates
- field workersAgricultural labor force
- grape pickersVineyard harvest laborers
- harvestGathering mature crops
- vineyardGrape-growing estate
orchard · agricultural labor · bracero · seasonal workers · pesticide exposure · working conditions · Central Valley
peaceful resistance
Opposition through calm noncompliance
- GandhiIndian independence leader
- pacifismAntiwar moral stance
- moral leadershipGuiding others righteously
dignity · reconciliation · dialogue · compassion · satyagraha · Martin Luther King Jr. · spiritual discipline
UFW
Agricultural workers' union
collective bargaining · picketing · organizer · labor movement · worker's rights · Delano · negotiation · contract · solidarity · minimum wage
march
Rhythmic group walk
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
hunger strike · grassroots · community organizing · pilgrimage · advocacy · petition · campaign · empowerment · awareness · civil disobedience
migrant
One who relocates
- field workersAgricultural labor force
- grape pickersVineyard harvest laborers
- harvestGathering mature crops
vineyard · orchard · agricultural labor · bracero · seasonal workers · pesticide exposure · working conditions · Central Valley
murals
Large wall paintings
- activistsactivist, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activists, protester, campaigner
- HumanitariansMother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr.
- civil rightsequal protection, equal rights, Civil Rights Act, right to life, Voting Rights Act
- 70s Activismantiwar movement, Black Power, boycotts, consciousness raising, Earth Day
- California historystatehood, Spanish colonization, Spanish mission, gold rush, Sutter's Mill
- Central ValleySan Joaquin Valley, Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Modesto
Cesar Chavezplantation owners
Large-scale agricultural landholders
landed aristocracy · robber barons · oligarchs · landed gentry