Cesar Chavez Quotes


Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.


Citations

Chavez, Cesar. The Words of César Chávez. Edited by Richard J. Jensen and John C. Hammerback, Texas A&M University Press, 2002.

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Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez
  • Born: March 31, 1927
  • Died: April 23, 1993
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Labor Leader, Civil Rights Activist

César Estrada Chávez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union. Ideologically, his world-view combined leftist politics with Roman Catholic social teachings.