Cesar Chavez Day
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Cesar Chavez Day is a U.S. federal commemorative holiday, proclaimed by President Barack Obama in 2014. The holiday celebrates the birth and legacy of the civil rights and labor movement activist Cesa
Poster commemorating Cesar Chavez Day
César Chávez in 1974
Carlos Santana, leader of national movement to declare Cesar Chavez Day a national holiday
United Farm Workers
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The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers, is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States. It was founded in 1966 through the merger of two workers' rights o
Cesar Chavez Day
…in 2014. The holiday celebrates the birth and legacy of the civil rights and labor movement activist Cesar Chavez, a cofounder and president of the United Farm Workers union, on March 31 every year. In March 2026, following public allegations that Chavez had sexually abused women and minors, the United Farm Workers…
Dolores Huerta in 2016, speaking at a Hillary Clinton rally
Arturo "Artie" Rodríguez, former President of the UFW
The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) 1965 rent strike in response to the Tulare County Housing Authority raising their rents