Cesar Chavez Neffy
DBQ
Nefertiti Gamez
Hour 2
“From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.” - Cesar Chavez The quote show how dedicated Cesar Chavez is to hard work and making the world a better place. Cesar was born in Yuma, Arizona in 1927 on his grandfather’s farm. Cesar was one of five children he had a happy childhood before the great depression. His family was forced to leave their farm and move to California with only $40 dollars to their name, Cesar moved between the field and the classroom he attended 36 different schools and dropped out of school in the eighth grade. Cesar Chavez did ten year of community service after a stint in the navy, he then went back to the fruit and vegetable fields he made a choice to do what no one had been able to do before him and organize the farm workers of California. This was big change for them and also the start of Cesar making a change and being a leader. The governor of California said “the farm workers do not have the power, the growers do. The growers have the lawyers… they belong to golf clubs, they talk to editors of newspapers… this is power.” Cesar did not have history on his side many had tried before him and had failed horribly, but he was determined and had faith. In Doc A Cesar repeatedly tells a reported from San Francisco “Si se puede” meaning it can be done! The reported watched him and the others sit behind makeshift desk in their shack trying to create an effective farm worker union. The reporter stated that he did not think Chavez had a chance to change what could not be done but he was wrong. In Doc B we meet the Maxwells; they came to Keene, California to join Cesar’s Union. They wanted to join the union for years and talked about joining the movement full time, the living conditions they had were not very good but they took was given to them. They room they lived was piled with broken
Nefertiti Gamez
Hour 2
“From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.” - Cesar Chavez The quote show how dedicated Cesar Chavez is to hard work and making the world a better place. Cesar was born in Yuma, Arizona in 1927 on his grandfather’s farm. Cesar was one of five children he had a happy childhood before the great depression. His family was forced to leave their farm and move to California with only $40 dollars to their name, Cesar moved between the field and the classroom he attended 36 different schools and dropped out of school in the eighth grade. Cesar Chavez did ten year of community service after a stint in the navy, he then went back to the fruit and vegetable fields he made a choice to do what no one had been able to do before him and organize the farm workers of California. This was big change for them and also the start of Cesar making a change and being a leader. The governor of California said “the farm workers do not have the power, the growers do. The growers have the lawyers… they belong to golf clubs, they talk to editors of newspapers… this is power.” Cesar did not have history on his side many had tried before him and had failed horribly, but he was determined and had faith. In Doc A Cesar repeatedly tells a reported from San Francisco “Si se puede” meaning it can be done! The reported watched him and the others sit behind makeshift desk in their shack trying to create an effective farm worker union. The reporter stated that he did not think Chavez had a chance to change what could not be done but he was wrong. In Doc B we meet the Maxwells; they came to Keene, California to join Cesar’s Union. They wanted to join the union for years and talked about joining the movement full time, the living conditions they had were not very good but they took was given to them. They room they lived was piled with broken