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Ages 8 to 12
Read about Mexican-American labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez in the latest installment of Hispanic Star’s series of engaging, illustrated biographies for young readers, published in English and Spanish.
Meet labor leader and civil rights activist, Cesar Chavez—once just a kid from Yuma, Arizona whose family would eventually migrate to San Jose, California amid the poverty of the Great Depression. At a young age, Cesar experience anti-Latino prejudice as an agriculture laborer, and eventually co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) (later known as the United Farm Workers labor union). In 1994, Cesar Chavez received a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, and is recognized as an icon for organized labor in the United States.
Hispanic Star proudly celebrates Hispanic and Latinx heroes who have made remarkable contributions to American culture and have been undeniable forces in shaping its future.
If you can see it, you can be it. About the Author
CLAUDIA ROMO EDELMAN is the founder of the We Are All Human Foundation and Hispanic Star and has worked for twenty-five years with internationally recognized institutions, including the United Nations, the Global Fund, the World Economic Forum, and UNICEF. She’s led some of the most successful global campaigns in the last decade, including Product (RED), the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals in collaboration with the United Nations, the creation of the SDG Lions, and the rebranding of the UN Refugee Agency. Learn more at hispanicstar.org.
NATHALIE ALONSO is a Cuban American journalist and Sibert Honor-winning author from Queens, New York. She is the author and translator of Hispanic Star: Sonia Sotomayor and Hispanic Star: Ellen Ochoa, as well as several picture books, including Old Clothes for Dinner?!, the Sibert Honor-winning picture book Call Me Roberto!, and Take Me Out to the Ball Game!. Nathalie holds a bachelor's in American Studies from Columbia University. Visit her at nathaliealonso.com