The work of caesar chavez and the Chicago movement

  • 1965 strike by grape workers and the national boycott of California grapes

  • Non-violent protests - 300 million people march

  • support from white middle-class liberals

  • 17 million supporters

  • was a 5-year strike, and only 10% of all grapes were harvested

  • establishment of the UNITED UNION OF FARM WORKERS)

This led to the passage of worker-friendly legislation

  • stimulated civil rights legislation, as other minorities were also fighting for change