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Cesar Chavez, TX -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Texas
Population (2000): 1469
Housing Units (2000): 793
Land area (2000): 3.210382 sq. miles (8.314851 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.210382 sq. miles (8.314851 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14038
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 26.302748 N, 98.109332 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez (born César Estrada Chávez, ; March 31, 1927April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers union, UFW) in 1962. Originally a Mexican American farm worker, Chavez became the best known Latino American civil rights activist, and was strongly promoted by the American labor movement, which was eager to enroll Hispanic members. His public-relations approach to unionism and aggressive but nonviolent tactics made the farm workers' struggle a moral cause with nationwide support. By the late 1970s, his tactics had forced growers to recognize the UFW as the bargaining agent for 50,000 field workers in California and Florida. However, by the mid-1980s membership in the UFW had dwindled to around 15,000.

During his lifetime, Colegio Cesar Chavez was one of the few institutions named in his honor, but after his death he became a major historical icon for the Latino community, with many schools, streets, and parks being named after him. He has since become an icon for organized labor and leftist politics, symbolizing support for workers and for Hispanic empowerment based on grass roots organizing. He is also famous for popularizing the slogan " Sí, se puede" (Spanish for "Yes, one can" or, roughly, "Yes, it can be done"), which was adopted as the 2008 campaign slogan of Barack Obama. His supporters say his work led to numerous improvements for union laborers. Although the UFW faltered a few years after Chavez died in 1993, he became an iconic "folk saint" in the pantheon of Mexican Americans. His birthday, March 31, has become Cesar Chavez Day, a state holiday in California, Colorado, and Texas.

César Chávez (boxer)

César Chávez (born August 15, 1988 in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer in the Welterweight division.

Cesar Chavez (disambiguation)

César Chávez (1927–1993) was an American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist.

César Chávez (film)

César Chávez is a 2014 American biopic film produced and directed by Diego Luna about the life of American labor leader César Chávez, who cofounded the United Farm Workers. The film stars Michael Peña as Chávez. John Malkovich co-stars as the owner of a large industrial grape farm who leads the opposition to Chávez's organizing efforts. It premiered in the Berlinale Special Galas section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

Cesar Chavez (politician)

Cesar Chavez, who changed his name from Scott Fistler, is a politician from Arizona known for his multiple campaigns for a congressional seat, most recently as a representative of Arizona's 7th congressional district.

Chavez officially changed political parties from Republican to Democrat on April 28, 2014.

Usage examples of "cesar chavez".

And as I sit and ponder this decision, I wonder how Cesar Chavez felt when his stomach started growling on the first day of his fast.

Aside from Cesar Chavez, he has the biggest reputation as the toughest Chicano in America.

These people wouldn't confide in you, in that uniform, Carl, if you was Cesar ChaVez, Pedro Infante, Cantinflas, and Lee Trevino all rolled into one.

Most of his supporters are young: Students, dropouts, artists, poets, crazies -- the people who respect Cesar Chavez, but who can't really relate to church-going farmworkers.

I also worked on behalf of Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers and Martin Luther King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference, in addition to the ACLU.

I can't remember for sure what the argument was about, but it was probably either the PLO or Cesar Chavez.