Who was Cesar Chavez?
A BUST of the civil and labor rights leader Cesar Chavez has been spotted perched on a desk behind Joe Biden in the Oval Office.
It was seen as the new president signed executive orders about the , which has been so brutal to the farm workers Chavez championed throughout his life.
Chavez married his childhood sweetheart Helen Fabela in 1948 with whom he had eight children.
What was Cesar Chavez known for?
In September 1965 he began leading what became a five-year strike by grape pickers and a nationwide boycott of California grapes which attracted liberal support throughout the country.
The foundation said it had never before been in the Oval Office.
How did Cesar Chavez die?
Cesar Estrada Chavez died in his sleep on April 23, 1993, near Yuma, Arizona.
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He passed away just a short distance from the small family farm in the Gila River Valley where he was born more than 66 years before.
He was buried in a private ceremony at La Paz.