Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993

LC control no.	n 50038224
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Chavez, Cesar Estrada, 1927-1993
Associated place	California
Birth date	1927-03-31
Death date	1993-04-23
Place of birth	Yuma (Ariz.)
Place of death	San Luis (Ariz.)
Affiliation	United Farm Workers of America
Profession or occupation	Civil rights workers Labor leaders Migrant agricultural laborers
Found in	Delano, 1967. Learning about justice from the life of César Chávez, 1996: CIP t.p. (César Chávez) galley (b. in Yuma, Ariz., 1927; his grandfather came to U.S. from Mexico; est. National Farm Workers Association, the first union for farm workers; d. 1993) Wikipedia, April 1, 2013 (Cesar Chavez; born March 31, 1927 in Yuma, Ariz; died April 23, 1993; César Estrada Chávez, was an American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist, who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers union, UFW). A Mexican American, Chavez became the best known Latino American civil rights activist, and was strongly promoted by the American labor movemen; his public-relations approach to unionism and aggressive but nonviolent tactics made the farm workers' struggle a moral cause with nationwide support)
Associated language	eng