Hip Glossary – Chavez, Caesar

Chavez, Caesar: Charismatic leader and founder of the United Farmworkers Union. Championed the underpaid, underrepresented migrant farm worker. Organized the five year grape boycott. Chavez helped to inspire Chicano activism of the 1960s and 1970s, combining the lessons of the civil rights movement and nonviolent protest with Mexican-American traditions and values.