Cesar Chavez adapted from the Library of Congress
Cesar Chavez was a Mexican American labor activist and leader of the United Farm Workers. During
leading voice for migrant farm workers (people who move from place to place in order to find work). His
national attention on these laborers' terrible working conditions.
Cesar Chavez was born in 1927 in North Gila Valley, near Yuma, Arizona. He was one of six children.
a small grocery store. However, during the Great Depression in the 1930s they lost everything. In order to
family became migrant farm workers, traveling around California to find work. It was hard work, and they
for long.
Working conditions for migrant workers were harsh and often unsafe. Their wages were low, and it was
Cesar's family frequently did not have access to basic needs such as clean water or toilets. After the eight
school to support his ailing parents.
Cesar's life growing up had a big impact on what he did with the rest of his life. He wanted to improve to
workers. In the 1950s, he started organizing agricultural workers into a labor union that would demand hig
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Cesar Chavez was a Mexican American labor activist and leader of the United Farm Workers. During th
leading voice for migrant farm workers (people who move from place to place in order to find work). His tire
national attention on these laborers' terrible working conditions.
Which two words from the passage help clarify the meaning of the word activist?
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