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He was living with his family at the farmer and they raised chickens, and watermelons in 11 years
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Cesar's parents were Mexican and poor farm workers.
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During the Great Depression, his family lost everything they had, they lost their land and their house. Cesar's family moved to California and became migrant farm worker.
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Because Cesar had to work at the field to help his parents run the family so he was not able to attend school. And his family often moved to the new place to get the new jobs so Chavez switched 30 school on high school until 1940. But his life was more dismal because the owner did not paid Cesar enough money, he earned less then a penny a pound.
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He married Helen when he was 21 years old, and later they had eight kids and every thing was so perfect.
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When Cesar was 25 years old, he became a staff member of the Community Service Organization. This group protected the Mexican American's civil rights by encouraging them to register to vote. And that was a great job, helped him have a good life to run the family.
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Cesar Chavez knew a lot of migrant farm workers who needed a job and better life. So after 10 years had a good life, he quit his job. Cesar wanted desperately to help those farm workers.
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After Cesar quit his job, he traveled around California to talk with each migrant farmer to got their civil rights. He explained his union would fought for fair wages and demand better working conditions for the workers. And Cesar's dream of unite farm worker became La Causa.
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Later, Cesar and his fellow worker officially founded the union, became United Farm Workers Association. They still believed to fight with boycotts, strikes for many years. They wanted the growers to get them better wages and good conditions. But the growers did not do it , and they used violence to stop it.
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To start the boycott, Cesar asked the public to stop buying California grape that show the support for the workers. And the New Yorkers responded by supporting the boycott. Although the boycott was successful, the growers still refused to accept the union.
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After 7 years the workers fought the growers by non violence, and but that did not work. So his union grew impatient and wanted to use violence. However Cesar's goal to fight without violence. As a result, he went on fast. Then the union grew stronger and more united than ever before.
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Finally, the growers gave in and they signed the first contracts with the farm workers. This contract help the immigrant workers get wages and better working conditions.
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Later, after the grape workers got their civil rights and had a better life. But other farm workers had a terrible life so Cesar helped other farmers to fight the owner without violence. To let the growers gave in that took a long time but Cesar still wanted to do it.
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He died in his sleep. But many things he did made him became a hero who change most of the farm workers' life. More than 40,000 people attended his funeral. A year after Chavez passed, he posthumously received the Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian award.
