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Cesar Chavez: The Early Years
By Erin Horner |
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1 Cesar Chavez was born in Arizona on March 31, 1927. While the Chavez family was not rich, they made enough money to survive. They owned a small store and lived on a nice farm. Their life was stable...until the Great Depression hit. When the economy collapsed, people all over the nation lost their jobs. Suddenly, many people did not have enough money to buy food and other goods. Regular customers could no longer afford to shop at the Chavez family's store. When the store stopped making money, Cesar's parents lost it. Not only was the family store in trouble, so was the family farm. A terrible drought struck Arizona during this time. It dried up the river that watered the family's land. Without water the family farm could not survive. Not long after they lost their store, the Chavez family lost their farm as well. Mr. Chavez decided it was time for his family to leave Arizona. He moved them to California. Cesar's father was told that he could find farm work there. This decision to move changed Cesar's life. It would change the lives of thousands of farm workers in the future, too! |
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