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...past 30 years, the only Hispanic leader of national prominence has been United Farm Worker activist Cesar Chavez. But he never achieved, or attempted to achieve, a cross-issue national appeal...
Perez was able to return to his office a few hours later. Most of the armed forces had remained loyal, and air force F-16 jets strafed rebel positions, blocking their movements and disrupting their communications. The coup leader, Lieut. Colonel Hugo Chavez Frias, 37, dressed in combat gear and a red paratrooper's beret, turned himself in 12 hours after the shooting began, but warned that the military might find "another occasion." More than 1,200 rebel soldiers surrendered, including 136 officers. Officials said as many as 7,000 of the 73,000 troops in the armed forces...
Drawing on his experiences in Mississippi, Ganz played a key role in organizing grass roots movements for the Chavez's United Farm Workers...
...Jacques Levy's Cesar Chavez, the legendary UFW founder remembers meeting Marshall Ganz...
...When I went to Bakersfield ...Marshall was there," Chavez says. "After my talk, he came up to say hello, and someone told me he had just come from Mississippi. I made a point of talking to him some more...