ktvu's lloyd lacuesta took a look at the life of cesar chavez. >> cesar chavez was a humble man who never received a high school education but became the most powerful voice for farm workers. >> all the farm workers are sad about the death of cesar chavez. he's worried about when we will have another man like cesar chavez to lead us. >> he's the most significant civil rights leader since 1962. he worked for the lowest paid in society. >> reporter: he founded exploded in the national scene in 1965 when he organized a national boycott of table grapes in an effort to gain the first ever labor contract for farm workers. >> there are more problems with the grape than any other crop than any other put together in california. there's a tremendous number. >> reporter: he publicized costs with a series of hunger strikes. one brought john f. kennedy to his side. he once said i went through a bit of hell as did a lot of people and i see the union movement as evening the score for every one of us. growers of half of california's table grape crop had signed union contracts with the ufw. >> eliminate s