Born in Yuma, Arizona, in early life C???sar Ch???vez worked as a manual laborer and later served in the United States Navy in WWII. Ch???vez became an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, along with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. In life, C???sar brought many positive changes to many lives and even today his memory continues to inspire young and old alike. Denis O'Leary is a retired teacher and award winning author. This bilingual children's story and quiz ...
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Born in Yuma, Arizona, in early life C???sar Ch???vez worked as a manual laborer and later served in the United States Navy in WWII. Ch???vez became an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, along with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. In life, C???sar brought many positive changes to many lives and even today his memory continues to inspire young and old alike. Denis O'Leary is a retired teacher and award winning author. This bilingual children's story and quiz introduces the life of C???sar Ch???vez. As a teacher in the Central Valley of California, Denis and fellow teachers were told that if they attended the funeral of C???sar Ch???vez, that they would be fired. Denis attended the historic funeral with two fellow educators. They were not fired. Other teachers asked Mr. O'Leary to write about the event so they could share with other students. C???sar Ch???vez's Last March is that story.
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