NAME OF LEADERS | DESCRIPTION |
Cesar Chavez | was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union. Ideologically, his world-view combined leftist politics with Catholic social teachings. |
NAME OF SITE | DESCRIPTION | CITY | STATE/COUNTRY |
BIRTHPLACE | YUMA | ARIZONA | |
HIGH SCHOOL | LAGUNA DAM HIGH SCHOOL | ||
HIGH SCHOOL | |||
ALMA MATER | |||
MUSEUM | CESAR CHAVEZ NATIONAL MONUMENT -MUSEUM | KEENE | CALIFORNIA |
BURIAL PLACE | CESAR CHAVEZ NATIONAL MONUMENT | KEENE | CALIFORNIA |
MONUMENT | |||
STATUE | |||
HONOR | CESAR CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | OXNARD | CA |
HONOR |