Cesar Chavez and Labor Conditions for American Farm Workers in the Mid-Twentieth Century

Richard Kurin, the Smithsonian Institution's Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, toured the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History and discussed artifacts of Cesar Chavez, including his jacket and hoe. Cesar Chavez was an American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist, who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association.