Even Cesar Chavez, the famed Californian farm workers' leader, never held off 80 gunslingers single-handed.
But there were no arrests, as the marchers followed Cesar Chavez's example of non-violent activism.
It is with sincere gratitude that I accept this Cesar Chavez Champions of Change Award.
As Dr. King told Cesar Chavez all those years ago: Our separate struggles are really one.
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When I moved to Texas from South America in 1987, I remember learning about Cesar Chavez in school.
In 1927, farm labor organizer Cesar Chavez Estrada was born in Yuma, Arizona.
Manny Pacquiao is a Top Rank fighter, as are Timothy Bradley, Juan Manuel Marquez, and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
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Cesar Chavez envisioned a world where all workers, regardless of their job or nationality could have dignity in the workplace.
There should be no need to explain who Cesar Chavez (1927-93) was.
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It is a tremendous honor to accept the Champions of Change Award because the life and work of Cesar Chavez inspires me every day.
Up north in Salinas, where Cesar Chavez led the Farm Workers' Movement 30 years ago, a rally emptied the fields and transformed the city.
Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. was 87-0 and had defended his crown 18 times before he was tapped for a draw against future Hall of Famer Pernell Whitaker.
Not only does she have Villaraigosa's backing, but she also recently won the endorsement of Latino icon Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez.
UFW, which in the mid-1970s under Cesar Chavez had 80, 000 members, now claims only around 27, 000, and some observers say the real figure is as low as 8, 000.
Kennedy -- six days before he announced his run for the presidency -- made a pilgrimage to Delano, California, to help farm labor leader Cesar Chavez break a 25-day fast.
Cesar Chavez did little to discourage the saint-cult that built up around him care of sycophants, and which continues to this day with every new boulevard and historic landmark in his name.
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Arum continued an indefatigable and sometimes confrontational career now in its sixth decade, with stints promoting fighters from Marvin Hagler and Robert Duran to Julio Cesar Chavez and current champion Manny Pacquiao.
On the eve of historic Comprehensive Immigration Reform in 2013, I am honored, as both an immigrant and an immigration attorney, to be selected as a White House Cesar Chavez Champion of Change.
In 1966, Cesar Chavez was struggling to bring attention to the treatment of farm workers in California, and he received a telegram from a friend who knew a little something about standing up for justice.
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It's about being proud to be part of a narrative that includes the likes of Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Edison, Martin Luther King and Thurgood Marshall, Robert Kennedy and Robert Frost, Cesar Chavez and Sonia Sotomayor.
They would also be expected to have heard stories about "famous Americans of different ethnic groups, faiths, and historical periods", with a suggested list including Neil Armstrong, Cesar Chavez, the Wright Brothers, Colin Powell and Bill Gates.
Guess who fell for it: Cesar Chavez.
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What better way to honor the legacy of justice left by Cesar Chavez than to extend that opportunity and give immigrant families a meaningful path to citizenship so they can continue to contribute and make our country as strong as it can be.
In March 2012, Bernie was a recipient of the "Champion of Change" award which is part of President Obama's "Winning the Future" initiative in honor of leaders like Cesar Chavez who have dedicated themselves to improving the lives of others in their community and across the nation.
Intriguingly, the voucher debate has pitched civil-rights-era black leaders and teachers' unions, who oppose the idea, against supporters ranging from the conservative governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, to the leftist head of the Milwaukee school board, John Gardner, a labour organiser who once led a campaign to support Cesar Chavez, the founder of the migrant farm-workers' union.
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