Cesar Chavez was a fairly famous labor organizer in Southern California. He's known for unionizing migrant labors and inisting on fair treatment.
He's a pretty local hero to the best of my knowledge. To the hispanic and working populace much the way that Martin Luther King is to the black populace.
Not just a "local" hero. We noticed when that Austin has named two major roads after two major liberal minority rights heroes Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez (the only two streets named after contemporary people); so Chavez is obviously a hero at least as far east as Texas.
Well, I meant "local" as in the holiday. I never knew the day existed until I came to SoCal, as opposed to Memorial Day and MLK Day, which are celebreated pretty much everywhere.
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Date: 2004-03-25 03:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-25 04:11 pm (UTC)He's a pretty local hero to the best of my knowledge. To the hispanic and working populace much the way that Martin Luther King is to the black populace.
Cesar Chavez
Date: 2004-03-25 06:27 pm (UTC)Daddy
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