Question: who fought to organize farm workers in california
Answer: Cesar Chavez ( born César Estrada Chávez , locally ( ˈsesaɾ esˈtɾaða ˈtʃaβes ) ; March 31 , 1927 -- April 23 , 1993 ) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who , with Dolores Huerta , co-founded the National Farm Workers Association ( later the United Farm Workers union , UFW ) in 1962 .