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Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Cesar Chavez dedicated his life to helping American farmworkers. As a child growing up in California during the Great Depression, he picked produce with his family. Cesar saw firsthand how unfairly workers were treated. As an adult, he organized farmworkers into unions and argued for better pay and fair working conditions. He was jailed for his efforts, but he never stopped urging people to stand up for their rights."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1998, 1997
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The illustrated companion book to the PBS documentary of the same name tells the story of the late leader of America's migrant farmworkers and the United Farm Workers Union, and their battle against the giant agribusinesses."--Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A dramatic new history of Cesar Chavez and the rise and fall of the United Farm Workers. The slogan "Yes we can"--in the form "¡Sí Se Puede!"--doesn't originate with Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. It goes back more than four decades to the heyday of the United Farm Workers, an organization that at its height won many labor victories, secured collective bargaining rights for California farm workers and became a major voice for the Latino...
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The story of Cesar Chavez, founder of the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers. Examines the grape and lettuce boycotts and the non-violent movements of the 1960s and 1970s; these confronted conservative politicians and the Teamsters Union and inspired Chicano activism. Uses archival footage, newsreels, and contemporary interviews with activists, politicians, and Chavez family members.
Author
Publisher
HarerCollinsEspanol/Quill Tree Books, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Describes the partnership between Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez, the founding of the National Farm Workers Association, and their combined efforts to improve working conditions for agricultural laborers. Presented in English and Spanish.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
""Viva La Huelga! Viva La Causa!" Discover the true story behind Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike, as he and the National Farm Workers Association set out on an incredible three-hundred-mile protest march in support of farmworkers' rights."--
14) Cesar Chavez
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A biography of the union activist who led the struggle of migrant farm workers for better working conditions.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Union of Their Dreams draws on thousands of documents and interviews to examine the myths and achievements marking the life of the iconic labor leader and civil rights activist, portraying him as a flawed but brilliant strategist who was often at odds with himself.
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Something special happened when Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez met. Together, they fought for the rights of countless farmworkers. Side by side, inspiring hope, they changed history.
Algo especial sucedió cuando Dolores Huerta y César Chávez se conocieron. Ellos lucharon juntos por los derechos de los campesinos. Lado a lado cultivaron esperanza, cambiando el curso de la historia.
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