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Standing Up for Migrant Workers
READ What was Cesar Chavez’s childhood like?
Childhood Years
Cesar Chavez was born in 1927 in Arizona. In 1939, his
family moved to California. They became migrant farm Close Reading Tip
workers. That means they moved from farm to farm to pick Number the main
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fruits and vegetables. It was a difficult way of life. They worked
long hours for low pay. To help his family, Chavez quit school
after the eighth grade to work on farms full-time.
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