Posts Tagged ‘Cesar Chavez’

Biography: Dolores Huerta

Biography: Dolores Huerta

Dolores Clara Fernández Huerta was born on April 10, 1930 in New Mexico. Her grandparents had come to the United States from Mexico. Her father was a coal miner and agricultural worker. Her parents divorced when she was only three years old and she and her two brothers were raised by her mother in Stockton, California

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Biography: Cesar Chavez

Biography: Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez was a union leader and civil rights activist. He was ‘Chicano’ a term that refers to the descendants of Mexicans living in the United States.

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