César Chávez

Cesar Chavez, June 1974

What’s the legacy of Cesar Chavez?

The executive director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, Jose Oliva, says Cesar Chavez is a strong inspiration to a labor movement that has declined since his death.The executive director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, Jose Oliva, says Cesar Chavez is a strong inspiration to a labor movement that has declined since his death.

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The new film ‘Cesar Chavez’ retells the start of his movement in Delano, California

Arts, Culture & Media
Former farmworker and current Delano Mayor, Grace Vallejo, stands in front of photos of her fellow city council members. The city council is made up of all Hispanic members. "That's a huge change from back in the 1960s. We've come a long way." she says. V

In the town where Chavez began his labor movement, immigrants are now leaders

Conflict & Justice

California writing Filipino Americans into the history books

Global Politics

America’s history: Interior department tries to better tell history of all Americans

Global Politics

Home of César Chávez Now a National Monument

Today the home of César Chávez will be a designated a “national monument” by President Obama. He’s in California for obvious reasons, but his itinerary takes him to a place called La Paz, which is where Chavez helped organize growers under the United Farm Workers movement. And it’s where his body was laid to rest […]

The World

Dolores Huerta discusses SB 1070 injunction

Conflict & Justice

Dolores Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers of America alongside Cesar Chavez in 1962. She responds to the injunction which blocks major parts of Arizona’s controversial anti-immigration law.