Huerta succeeded in bringing union representation to hundreds of thousands of farmworkers in California, Arizona, Texas and Florida. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.”Īgainst overwhelming odds and economic and political opposition by some of America’s most powerful agricultural and financial corporations, César Chávez and Dolores C. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. “Once social change begins it cannot be reversed. It was this purpose that drove him to embrace the life of a community organizer with the belief that people have the power within themselves to improve their own lives if they are shown how to organize as a collective body.

During his lifetime, César experienced discrimination, prejudices, and systematic political and economic oppression, César was a visionary who lived life with a single purpose, to make the world more just and equitable for working people. César Estrada Chávez was considered a giant of a man amongst social activists.

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