Labor rights advocates are honoring the 50th anniversary of the Delano Grape Strike in California, where Latino and Filipino farm workers united and called for improved working environments.
When Civil rights and labor leader Cesar Chavez passed away - 22 years ago to this day -- he didn't receive full graveside honors from the U.S. Navy at his memorial in California, but because of a fellow Navy sailor the past will change.
The United States has embraced peaceful yet powerful heroes such as the beloved Martin Luther King Jr. by commemorating his life with an official holiday -- rightfully so, but there is a major piece of American history that has yet to truly come to light with national recognition -- the mission of Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez.
The United States has embraced peaceful yet powerful heroes such as the beloved Martin Luther King Jr. by commemorating his life with an official holiday -- rightfully so, but there is a major piece of American history that has yet to truly come to light with national recognition -- the mission of Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez.
"My father believed that workers just aren't workers. He knew that at the workplace, there was a whole set of problems that workers had -- working conditions, benefits, immigration reform and lobbying.
"But he also understood that when home, after a hard work in the fields, pesticide exposure, they went home to face a whole set of problems, the lack of affordable housing health care for children and educational opportunities," Paul Chavez, the son of Cesar Chavez and President and chairman of the Cesar Chavez Foundation told the Latin Post.
On Monday, March 17, the New York City’s AMC Empire 25 premiered "Cesar Chavez" a powerful biopic about the Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist.
On Monday night, New York City's AMC Empire 25 movie theater lit up brighter than Times Square itself with hope, inspiration, a sense of pride and a feeling of limitless possibilities for Latinos during the premiere of Cesar Chavez, a powerful biopic about the Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist.
