March 28, 1913: Japanese artist Toko Shinoda was born. Born in Manchuria, China, to a Japanese family and raised in Gifu, Japan, Shinoda acquired a passion for art when she was very young. She started studying calligraphy at age six and made a living as an acclaimed calligrapher in the early stages of her career..
Icons of Access, Equity and Diversity Will Be Honored on October 13, 2022 at the Association’s 48th National Conference and Awards Ceremony (Virtual)
Cesar Chavez, in full Cesar Estrada Chavez, (born March 31, 1927, Yuma, Arizona, U.S. died April 23, 1993, San Luis, Arizona), organizer of migrant American farmworkers and a cofounder with Dolores Huerta of the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) in 1962. Chavez, who was a farm labourer himself, grew up in a family of Mexican American descent. After his parents lost their farm during the Great Depression, the family moved to California, where they became migrant workers. He lived in a succession of migrant camps and attended school sporadically. After two years in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Chavez