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Presents the life and career of the labor leader, from his poor childhood in Arizona to his fight for the rights of farm workers.
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Meet Cesar Chavez a Mexican-American farmworker and civil rights activist.Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. Cesar spent many years picking crops. He worked with his family and a lot of other farmworkers. Cesar never forgot how hard the work was-or how unfairly pickers were treated. As an adult, he fought to improve the lives of all farmworkers in America.
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