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It means that he grew up being responsible for people and fighting for his own culture in California.

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They were fighting for better lives by marching to the capital of California.

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Cesar was fighting for latinos and their rights. He wanted farm workers to get paid better. Most of the farm workers were poor and came from latin america.

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Cesar Chavez fought for latino farm workers because he didn't like the way they were treated and he wanted them to have better treatment, as did his group the National Farm Workers Association.

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Cesar Chavez made a big group with a sign of an eagle and everyone joined him to go all the way to the government. They went there to change the laws so that everyone could be treated equally in their jobs as farm workers.

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He had to walk and go to the state government and change the law for farmers, for them to get paid better.

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Cesar Chavez is known for fighting for latino civil rights.  What does that mean?

What do you think were his big accomplishments?

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Article on Civil Rights

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Today's Wonder of the Day was inspired by Hunter. Hunter Wonders, " what is a civil right? " Thanks for WONDERing with us, Hunter!

Each year on the third Monday of January, Americans celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This holiday marks the birthday (January 15) of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

But what exactly are rights? rights are rights that are protected and guaranteed by law. Some rights are listed in the United States Constitution, while others are identified in various laws.

Some examples of rights include: freedom of speech; the right to vote; freedom of religion; protection against illegal discrimination on the basis of race, color, national , disability , age, sex, and religion; and freedom of the press.

The phrase " rights" comes from the Latin words ius civis, which means "rights of citizens." rights are considered universal human rights that all people should enjoy, regardless of whether these rights are expressly set forth in written laws.

Most democracies have written laws, such as the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, which protect rights. However, most people believe rights are rights. In other words, rights come from the laws of nature - not as privileges from governments.

rights haven't always been granted equally to all people throughout history. For example, the right to vote in the U.S. once only extended to men. In addition, it was once legal to discriminate against persons just because they were African Americans.

Throughout history, brave people have often stepped forward to challenge such injustices. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was one such person. His hard work on behalf of African Americans was an important part of the rights in the United States.

Dr. King made many important speeches in which he people to in nonviolent ways. He also encouraged local, state, and governments to laws to eliminate discrimination . Although he was assassinated before he saw major changes, his efforts were instrumental in the rights laws that were eventually passed.

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Today's Wonder of the Day was inspired by Hunter. Hunter Wonders, " what is a civil right? " Thanks for WONDERing with us, Hunter! Each year on the third Monday of January, Americans celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This holiday marks the birthday (January 15) of Rev.

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Online Biography

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Kids learn about the biography of Cesar Chavez, civil rights leader who fought for the conditions of migrant farmers and Latinos.

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Biography Video

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Mexican American Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) was a prominent union leader and labor organizer. Hardened by his early experience as a manual laborer, Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. His union joined with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee in its first strike against grape growers in California, and the two organizations later merged to become the United Farm Workers. Stressing nonviolent methods, Chavez drew attention for his causes via boycotts, marches and hunger strikes. Despite conflicts with the Teamsters union and legal barriers, he was able to secure raises and improve conditions for farm workers in California, Texas, Arizona and Florida.

Born in Yuma, Arizona, to immigrant parents, Chavez moved to California with his family in 1939. For the next ten years they moved up and down the state working in the fields. During this period Chavez encountered the conditions that he would dedicate his life to changing: wretched migrant camps, corrupt labor contractors, meager wages for backbreaking work, bitter racism.

His introduction to labor organizing began in 1952 when he met Father Donald McDonnell, an activist Catholic priest, and Fred Ross, an organizer with the Community Service Organization, who recruited Chavez to join his group. Within a few years Chavez had become national director, but in 1962 resigned to devote his energies to organizing a union for farm workers.

A major turning point came in September 1965 when the fledgling Farm Workers Association voted to join a strike that had been initiated by Filipino farm workers in Delano's grape fields. Within months Chavez and his union became nationally known. Chavez's drawing on the imagery of the civil rights movement, his insistence on nonviolence, his reliance on volunteers from urban universities and religious organizations, his alliance with organized labor, and his use of mass mobilizing techniques such as a famous march on Sacramento in 1966 brought the grape strike and consumer boycott into the national consciousness. The boycott in particular was responsible for pressuring the growers to recognize the United Farm Workers ( ufw; renamed after the union joined the afl-cio). The first contracts were signed in 1966, but were followed by more years of strife. In 1968 Chavez went on a fast for twenty-five days to protest the increasing advocacy of violence within the union. Victory came finally on July 29, 1970, when twenty-six Delano growers formally signed contracts recognizing the ufw and bringing peace to the vineyards.

That same year the Teamsters' union challenged the ufw in the Salinas valley by signing sweetheart contracts with the growers there. Thus began a bloody four-year struggle. Finally in 1973, the Teamsters signed a jurisdictional agreement that temporarily ended the strife.

Believing that the only permanent solution to the problems of farm workers lay in legislation, Chavez supported the passage of California's Agricultural Labor Relations Act (the first of its kind in the nation), which promised to end the cycle of misery and exploitation and ensure justice for the workers. These promises, however, proved to be short-lived as grower opposition and a series of hostile governors undercut the effectiveness of the law.

After 1976 Chavez led the union through a major reorganization, intended to improve efficiency and outreach to the public. In 1984 in response to the grape industry's refusal to control the use of pesticides on its crops, Chavez inaugurated an international boycott of table grapes.

For thirty years Chavez tenaciously devoted himself to the problems of some of the poorest workers in America. The movement he inspired succeeded in raising salaries and improving working conditions for farm workers in California, Texas, Arizona, and Florida.

The Reader's Companion to American History. Eric Foner and John A. Garraty, Editors. Copyright © 1991 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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Mexican American Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) was a prominent union leader and labor organizer. Hardened by his early experience as a manual laborer, Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. His union joined with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee in its first strike against grape growers in California, and the two organizations later merged to become the United Farm Workers.