Farmworker Rights & Cesar Chavez
This leader used peaceful protests to fight for farmworkers rights.
Cesar Chavez
This movement was formed in 1970 in Crystal City, Texas.
La Raza Unida
This labor union fought for the rights of farmworkers, especially Mexican and Filipino workers.
United Farm Workers (UFW)
Chicano students were often placed in these types of classrooms with worse resources.
Segregated Classrooms
Chavez helped create this labor union for farmworkers in 1962.
United Farm Workers (UFW)
This group the movement aimed to represent faced inequality in the U.S.
Mexican Americans
The United Farm Workers first started with this original name in 1962.
National Farm Workers Association
This was the main goal of bilingual education programs.
Giving Spanish-speaking students equal access to education while preserving culture
This protest tactic encouraged people to stop buying grapes to support workers.
A boycott
Many Latin Americans came to the U.S. without knowing this, making work harder.
English
These two leaders helped lead the union along with Larry Itliong.
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta
Activists pushed for bilingual programs and criticized these types of policies.
English only policies
Chavez teamed up with this activist to start the National Farm Workers Association.
Dolores Huerta
One goal of La Raza Unida was to improve this type of education for students.
Bilingual Education
The UFW used these three main methods to fight for workers rights.
Strikes, Boycotts, and Negotiations
This California valley is where student walkouts forced schools to implement bilingual programs in 1976.
Coachella Valley
This 1975 law gave California farmworkers the right to collective bargaining.
California Agricultural Labor Relations Act
The group also protested against this issue in 2026 to show its lasting impact.
Deportation Enforcement (like ice)
In 1970, grape growers agreed to only hire workers represented by this.
The Union
This 1974 law created the legal foundation for bilingual education in schools.
Lau v. Nichols decision