Why did cesar chavez and la huelga become symbols of mexican american activists?

ANSWER:

La Huelga and Cesar Chavez became the symbols during the Mexican American activists because they helped shed light on the struggle of Mexican Americans into the nation’s attention.

EXPLANATION:

They fought with the government through peaceful non-violent protests and won labor rights and contributed various benefits to the Hispanic identity movement in America. They founded the United Farm Workers along with various other influential farm laborers in 1962 and fought to improve the lives of the farmers and laborers who worked in hazardous farming conditions and were denied unionization.