Cesar Chavez’s campaign for farm workers
How the leader of a labour movement became a US civil rights hero
Witness History · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
In the 1960s, a wave of strikes and protest marches by Mexican-American farm workers inspired Latinos across the US.
The movement was led by Cesar Chavez - a man now regarded by his community as a civil rights hero.
Dolores Huerta, who coined the slogan “yes we can!”, worked closely with Chavez. She spoke to Simon Watts in this programme first broadcast in 2012.
(Photo: Cesar Chavez pointing in front of a crowd at a protest. Credit: Getty Images)