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Trabajadores Migratorios Agrícolas Mexicano-Americanos Trabajadores Migratorios Agrícolas Poesía Juvenil
Born in 1927 in Yuma, Arizona, C sar Chavez lived the hard-scrabble life of a migrant worker during the Depression. Although his mother wanted him to get an education, C sar left school after eighth grade to work. He grew to be a charismatic leader and founded the National Farm Workers Association, an organization that fought for basic rights for farm workers.