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Great Lives: Rights Activist Cesar ChavezSeries 53, episode 8Human rights lawyer Cori Crider explains why she is inspired by the life of US civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, who in 1960s California, led the United Farmworkers union in a series of strikes, boycotts and semi-religious processions, which inspired farmworkers, students and celebrities to join him in what he called `La Causa". `The Cause" was his struggle to force the landowners and growers - and the system in which they operated - to recognise farmworkers as human beings who deserved dignity, respect and basic rights. Presented by Matthew Parris Click to see when Great Lives, Rights Activist Cesar Chavez is coming up on UK TV Cast (unconfirmed)
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