While working together at the CSO, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta discovered a common interest in organizing farm workers. Chavez’s family had been forced into migrant work in the 1930s after losing ...
Lawmakers want President Obama to award Fred Ross Sr. a Medal of Freedom. March 19, 2013— -- In 1952, Fred Ross Sr. was combing the Latino barrios of San Jose, California, for places to hold ...
Every March 31, Americans are encouraged to serve their communities in honor of César Chávez, the American civil rights activist who fought for the rights of farmers. Though Chávez is not from Texas, ...