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Cesar Chavez - Yes we can!

How the farm-workers' leader Cesar Chavez galvanised Latinos in 1960s America, inspiring the slogan "Yes We Can!"

In the 1960s, a wave of strikes and protest marches by Mexican-American farm-workers inspired Latinos across the US.

The movement was led by Cesar Chavez - a man now regarded by his community as a civil rights hero.

Witness speaks to Dolores Huerta, who worked closely with Chavez and coined the slogan "Yes We Can!"

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