HOW THIS HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS THE COMMUNITY’S STRENGTHS. A CELEBRATION OF A LEGACY WITH MARIACHI AND FOLKLORICO. THE WOODLAND COMMUNITY HONORED THE LIFE AND WORK OF CESAR CHAVEZ. IMPORTANCE OF HIS IS ...

One of Robert Kennedy's least glamorous assignments in the Senate was a seat on the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor. He was appalled to learn of the miserable working conditions endured by farmworkers ...

March 31 is the birthday of Cesario Estrada Chavez, the Chicano labor union organizer who gained fame in the 1960s and ’70’s for his achievements in the farm fields of California and the ...

When my family migrated from New México to California in the late 1960s, César E. Chávez was in the midst of his crusade to gain labor rights for the farm workers who made fortunes for grape growers ...

The last day of March commemorates labor activist and civil rights icon Cesar Chavez, whose fight to better the lives of the nation's farmworkers helped improve the inhumane working conditions of the ...

File Photo / The Dallas Morning News Cesar Chavez Day takes place annually on March 31. Proclaimed nationally as a federal commemorative holiday by President Barack Obama in 2014, Cesar Chavez Day ...

Macias, an Orange resident who is also a parent in the district, said every spring in her Spanish III class, she teaches a lesson called “no hay atajo sin trabajo,” which translates to “there is no ...

Chávez is credited with improving work and quality of life conditions for immigrant farm workers in Central California. Alongside Dolores Hureta he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Cesar Estrada Chavez: Social Welfare ...

A portrait of United Farm Worker founder César E. Chávez is surrounded by oranges in an altar created for a farmworker breakfast at the Pan American Community Center in Madera on March 30, 2025. JUAN ...