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Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta were famous civil rights activists who co-founded the United Farm Workers labor union.
Cesar Chavez was an American civil rights leader and union organizer known for his role in founding the National Farm Workers Association. He advocated for support of labor rights, farm workers' rights, and nonviolence to improve wages and working conditions of laborers across the US.
<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1927</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Cesar Chavez is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>On March 31, 1927, Cesar Chavez was born in Yuma, Arizona.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1942</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Starts Working as a Migrant Farmworker</div><div class='timeline-text'>At age 15, Chavez begins working as a migrant farmworker after his family lost their farm during the Great Depression.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1952</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Joins Community Service Organization (CSO)</div><div class='timeline-text'>Chavez joins the CSO, a prominent Latino civil rights group, and begins organizing voter registration drives and combating racial and economic discrimination.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1962</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Forms National Farm Workers Association</div><div class='timeline-text'>Chavez co-founds the National Farm Workers Association, which later becomes United Farm Workers (UFW).</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1965</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Leads Delano Grape Strike</div><div class='timeline-text'>Chavez leads the Delano grape strike, a landmark five-year labor strike by farm workers seeking better pay and conditions.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1968</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Fast for Non-Violence</div><div class='timeline-text'>Chavez undertakes a 25-day fast to promote non-violence among farm workers.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1993</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Cesar Chavez Passes Away</div><div class='timeline-text'>On April 23, 1993, Cesar Chavez dies in San Luis, Arizona, leaving behind a lasting legacy of improved workers' rights.</div></div></div>
Cesar Chavez was an American civil rights leader and labor activist born on March 31, 1927. Before his death on April 23, 1993, at the age of 66, Chavez was best known for co-founding the National Farm Workers Association, which advocated for the rights of farm laborers.
