What is César Chávez?
{{Infobox person | name = Cesar Chavez | height = 5 ft 8.5 in | birthname = César Estrada Chávez | image = Cesar chavez crop2.jpg | caption = Chavez in 1974 | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|3|31|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Yuma, Arizona|Yuma]], [[Arizona]], U.S. | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|1993|4|23|1927|3|31|mf=y}}}} | death_place = [[San Luis, Arizona|San Luis]], [[Arizona]], U.S. | occupation = {{unbulleted list |Farm worker |[[Labor leader]] |[[Civil rights]] [[Activism|activist]]}} | spouse = | parents = {{unbulleted list |Librado Chávez {{small|(father)}} |Juana Estrada Chávez {{small|(mother)}}}} | children = }} '''Cesar Chavez''' (born '''César Estrada Chávez''' (March 31, 1927{{spaced ndash}}April 23, 1993) was an American farmworker, labor leader and civil rights activist. Chávez started the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) along with [[Dolores Huerta]]. He wanted [[equal rights]] for [[Mexico|Mexicans]] working in the [[United States]]. This union became the [[United Farm Workers]]. He led a [[boycott]] against [[grape]] companies to gain rights for workers. Chávez used [[nonviolence]] to make these changes. Chavez is thought of as one of the leaders in the movement for [[Chicano]]s to gain more rights in the late-20th century. ==Early life== Chávez was born near [[Yuma, Arizona]] and went to over 37 schools.<ref name=Marsh1>Carole Marsh, ''Cesar Chavez : Farm worker with vision'' (Peachtree City, GA:] Gallopade International, 2002), pp. 1-4</ref> He graduated from the [[eighth grade]].<ref name=Marsh1/> He did most of his organizing in [[California]], especially near [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]]. [[Fred Ross]] taught him to lead unions. Fred Ross was a student of [[Saul Alinsky]]. ==Activism== In 1965, Chávez and the NFWA started a [[Strike action|strike]] for grape-pickers in [[California]]. At the same time, he asked Americans to boycott grapes from [[California]]. In 1970, the [[migrant worker]]s won their fight for better pay. He kept working against unfai