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3) Cesar Chavez
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64 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Presents the life story of the Mexican American labor leader who helped achieve justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights.
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Series
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40 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life and accomplishments of Mexican American labor leader César Chávez, who founded the United Farm Workers union to promote better wages and working conditions for migrants and other farm workers.
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44 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
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English
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"A picture book biography of American folk artist and labor organizer Ralph Fasanella. When dared to jump, Ralph always took the dare. So begins this loving tribute to a singular artist and his tireless efforts to honor and celebrate immigrant and working-class communities through his paintings."--
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112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Fueled by her own contact with migrant farm workers, most of them Mexican immigrants, Dolores became an outspoken activist and organizer. At the time, these workers had virtually no access to the system of labor laws and conditions under which they lived and worked. When she founded the United Farm Workers in 1962 with legendary Mexican American labor leader Cesar Chavez, it became a seminal moment in U.S. labor history. This brave and resourceful...
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32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
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Presents a short biography of Cesar Chavez, and chronicles his childhood in Arizona and migration to California during the Great Depression, his encounters with discrimination that led him to organize the National Farm Workers Association in 1962, and his fight against grape growers.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
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English
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"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.
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339 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"In July 1913, twenty-five-year-old Annie Clements had seen enough of the world to know that it was unfair. She's spent her whole life in the coal-mining town of Calumet, Michigan where men risk their lives for meager salaries--and had barely enough to put food on the table and clothes on their backs. The women labor in the houses of the elite, and send their husbands and sons deep underground each day, dreading the fateful call of the company man...
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548 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The author draws on thousands of documents and interviews to examine the myths and achievements marking the life of the iconic Latino labor leader and civil rights activist, portraying him as a flawed but brilliant strategist who was often at odds with himself. Cesar Chavez founded a labor union, launched a movement, and inspired a generation. He rose from migrant worker to national icon, becoming one of the great charismatic leaders of the 20th century....
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