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Birth
Cesar Estrada Chavez was born in San Luis, Arizona, to Librado Chavez and Juana Estrada Chavez. http://castle.eiu.edu/~wow/classes/fa06/cctimeline.html -
Dropout
During The Great Depression he was 10 years and his family lost their land, he was forced to work as a farmer. Cesar dropped out of school in 8th grade to support his family by working in a field after his father got badly hurt in a car accident. He lived in poverty most of his life.
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WWII
Cesar fought in world war 2 in the US army -
Marige
Cesar Chavez and Helen Fabela get married, they were high school sweethearts. -
NFWA
Cesar forms the National Farm Workers Association. This was the beginning of the great work he did. it was a movement in farmers rights. -
Hunger Strike
Chavez goes on strike, it lasted about 25 days and was done to stop the violence against strikers. -
Jail Time
Cesar is put in jail for defying a court order, against boycotting -
1,000 miles
Cesar leads a thousand mile march through the Central Valley of California to bring awareness to union elections. -
Work conditions
He organizes a 1000 person walk to promote better working conditions for farmers. -
Death
Cesar Chavez dies during a fast, to promote what he stood for.
