A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a contemporary labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of their famed civil rights leader and labour organiser torn between his duties as dad and a husband and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Soft-spoken although passionate, Chavez embraced nonviolence as he fought prejudice and greed in their own struggle to create salvation.