PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Thurgood Marshall
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Cesar Chavez
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Rosa Parks
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Detailed explanation-1: -César Chávez (1927–1993) grew up seeing migrant farm workers suffer from low pay and poor conditions. Consequently, he dedicated his adult life to improving the lives of oppressed farm workers. By working tirelessly and using nonviolence, he built the first successful union of farm workers. In the 1920s.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cesar Chavez spent most of his life working on farms in California, where pay was low and comforts were few. He wanted to improve the situation, so in the 1950s, he started organizing agricultural workers into a labor union that would demand higher pay and better working conditions from their employers.
Detailed explanation-3: -A servant leader, Chavez co-founded the National Farmworkers Association (NFWA) in 1962, which fought to empower farmworkers to advocate for social justice reforms and respect in their workplace – the fields.