Cesar Chavez Part Two

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Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist.. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, along with Dolores Huerta, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers labor union.
In part two, Cristina starts off with the 300 mile march from Delano to Sacramento and ends with Cesar Chavez' fast. Discussing his first purge, lies about his career, his relationship with Robert Kennedy and more.
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Sources
The Crusades of Cesar Chavez by Miriam Pawel
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Lewis
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-29/cesar-chavez-problematic-miriam-pawel