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César E. Chávez
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1.  Smooth-skinned, purple, red,  or green berry that grows on a vine.
2.  A group of people having  common interests;identity or fellowship.
3.  To observe a special rememberance, occasion or event;  A day of exemption from labor.
4. To express strong objection; A formal declaration of disapproval or objection issued by a concerned person, group, or organization.
5.  The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community; Also, a form of government.
6.  "His" first name
7.  United Farm Workers (acronym).
8.  An act or a variety of work done to benefit others; a helpful act.
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9.  To eat very little or abstain from certain foods as protest.
10.  A cultivated expanse of land, especially one devoted to a particular crop.
11.  Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit, considered as a group.
12.  A group of kindred or closely related individuals.
13.  To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest.
14.  The state of being regarded with honor or esteem.To garner someone with equal admiration.
15.  The upholding of what is just, especially fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor, standards, or law. 
16.  A tool with a flat blade attached approximately at a right angle to a short handle, used by farm workers for cultivating.
17.  Something that one is doing, making, or performing as an occupation or undertaking; a duty or task.
18.  Payment for labor or services to a worker on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis.
Word List:
crops, democracy, hoe, work, boycott, grapes, field, ufw, fast, family, justice, community, service, cesar, protest, wage, holiday, respect.

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César E. Chávez Home Page | César E. Chávez Community Service Week | Community and Library Events
Honoring César E. Chávez | Story of the UFW Flag
Reading Lists | César E. Chávez Web Links | Prayer of the Farm Worker's Struggle
César E. Chávez Chronology | Some Facts About César E. Chávez | César E. Chávez Curriculum

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