The Day My Mexican Father Met Cesar Chavez
Alvaro Huerta Salomón Chavez Huerta
Professor Alvaro Huerta tells the story about how his Bracero father, Salomón Chavez Huerta, met the civil rights icon Cesar Chavez in this Huffiington Post piece. Chavez and Dolores Huerta of course founded the United Farm Workers Union. The story ends:
“Look at your name tag,” my father proudly recollected Cesar Chavez telling him, “your middle name ‘Chavez’ is like my last name and your last name ‘Huerta’ is like Dolores’ last name.”
KJ
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