from Working: Robert Acuna, Farm Worker

Roberto Acuna admired the farm worker’s rights activist César Chávez, and worked as a union organizer for the United Farm Workers of America. Use the Internet to conduct research on César Chávez’s life and the role he played in organizing workers. Focus your research on a particular event in Chávez’s life that related to his work, such as an important strike or meeting. Summarize your findings in a short report. Cite the sources that you used for your research.