● Mexican - American civil rights leader
● Fought for labor rights of agricultural workers through strikes and fasts
● 1968: 25 - day fast ended by breaking bread with Senator Robert Kennedy and lead to a collective bargaining agreement
● Religious Symbols: Pilgrimages, Daily Prayers, Daily Mass Attendance, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fasts, Sacred Cross, Star of David
● Placed his faith at the base of his social action
● “ What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.”