Cesar chavev

cesar chavez

By carmelita01

  • Cesar was born

    Cesar was born
    cesar chavez is born in san luis, arizona

  • family loses farm

    family loses farm
    chavez parents lose their farm and began to work as migrant laborers

  • moving

    moving
    Since Chavez parents lost the farm the moved to California

  • graduation

    graduation
    cesar graduates from 8th grade and becomes a full-time farm worker and his father was in a car accident

  • challenging the government

    challenging the government
    chavez refuses to sit in the Mexican section of a theater. he is held in custody for an hour

  • World war 2

    World war 2
    Cesar started serving in the Navy for world war 2

  • War over

    War over
    Cesar didn't reenlist in the Navy when the war ended

  • Married

    Married
    Cesar and Helen fabela get married

  • NFWA

    NFWA
    Cesar Chavez starts the National Farm Workers Association

  • Newspaper

    Newspaper
    Chavez starts El Malcriado: The Voice of the Farm Worker, the official newspaper of the NFWA.

  • Boycott

    Boycott
    NFWA go against grape farmer and boycott grapes

  • Support

    Support
    Senator Robert Kennedy supports NFWA grape boycott

  • March

    March
    Chavez lead a 250-mile march from Delano to Sacramento, California, to let the public and law-makers know about the mistreatment of farm workers.

  • Nation wide

    Nation wide
    The nation wide boycott of California grapes begin

  • Hunger strike

    Hunger strike
    Chavez starts his first hunger strike it lasted 25 through February and march. He did it to stop the mistreatment of strikers

  • Chavez is arrested

    Chavez is arrested
    Cesar was arrested for resisting a court order against boycotting

  • Law passes

    Law passes
    The California Labor Relations Act which is the first act to protect the rights of organization of farm workers

  • Chavez is marching again

    Chavez is marching again
    Chavez lead a 1000 mile long March through the valley to call attention to the union election

  • Banned

    Banned
    The use of the short handed hoe is banned by supreme Court

  • Boycott over

    Boycott over
    Chavez ended all general lettuce and grape boycott

  • New boycott

    New boycott
    Cesar started a new boycott because of the excessive use of pesticides

  • Marching

    Marching
    Cesar leads a 1,000 person March for improved working condition in farm

  • Cesar fasts

    Cesar fasts
    Cesar died during a fast

  • Award

    Award
    Cesar Chavez is awarded the presidential medal of freedom

  • Stamps

    Stamps
    The us post office issues a first class Cesar Chavez stamp