A biography of this civil rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling a contemporary labour movement's birth, Cesar Chavez tells the story of labour organiser and this famed civil rights pioneer torn between his duties as dad and a husband as well as his devotion to procuring a living wage for farm workers. Passionate but soft-spoken, Chavez embraced non violence because he battled prejudice and greed in his fight to bring dignity to working people.