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Cesar Chavez was an American-born farm worker of Mexican descent. Regarded as one of the greatest civil rights leaders in history, Chavez co-founded the United Farm Workers, which greatly improved conditions for union laborers.
Francisco ‘Pancho’ Villa was a Mexican revolutionary general. A real-life Robin Hood, Villa gained money and power robbing banks and trains. He led peasant armies to victory over the corrupt dictator, Porfirio Díaz.
Benito Pablo Juárez García served five terms as president of Mexico. He was the first full-blooded indigeous native Mexican to serve as president.
Octavio Paz won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990. Paz wrote on topics like Mexican politics and economics, Aztec art, anthropology, and sexuality.
Frida Kahlo was one of the most famous and important Mexican painters. She painted many self-portraits that expressed her pain and suffering. She was married to the famous muralist Diego Rivera.
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution against the dictator Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South.
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