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Richard Gonzalez of Fort Worth recalled his conversation in 2000 with Tom Vandergriff, the Republican Tarrant County judge at the time, to get Cesar Chavez day as a paid holiday. “I spoke to him ...
Cesar Chavez Day is a U.S. federal commemorative holiday, proclaimed by President Barack Obama in 2014. [1] The holiday celebrates the birth and legacy of the civil rights and labor movement activist Cesar Chavez on March 31 every year.
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The historic Spanish Colonial Revival style Macy Street Viaduct. North entrance to Olvera Street from Cesar Chavez Avenue.. In October 1993, the Los Angeles City Council and the County Board of Supervisors approved the renaming of the stretch of roadway, but agreed to delay the change until 1994 and to put up historic plaques along Brooklyn Avenue to accommodate the opposition, many of whom ...
One of the CSO’s most significant contributions was recruiting and training future labor leader Cesar Chavez. In 1952, Fred Ross met Cesar Chavez, a young farmworker in San Jose, and persuaded him to join the organization. Chavez quickly became one of its most dedicated organizers, traveling throughout California to register Mexican Americans ...
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