Norman's family urged him to continue his studies at a time when many farm boys left school to find a job.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

In the late nineteenth century, Cesario Chavez, Cesar's grandfather, had started the Chavez family farm after escaping slavery on a Mexican farm.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

He would learn how to read and write. He would buy a bigger farm for his family.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

He then became a migrant farm worker along with the rest of his family.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

The family lived and worked on a cotton farm along the Mississippi River.

VOA: special.2010.03.28