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26) Cesar Chavez
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A brief biography of Cesar Chavez, the Mexican American union leader who fought to get migrant farm workers better wages.
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Using historical footage and dramatic reenactments, this film focuses on one of the seminal events in the march for human rights -- the grape strike and boycott led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in the 1960s. Thousands of people from across the nation joined in a struggle for justice for the some of the most exploited people in the United States.
28) Cesar Chavez
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Biography of Cesar Chavez, who formed a union to protect the rights of farm workers.
29) Cesar Chavez
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The story of the famed civil rights leader and labor organizer torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to people. He inspired millions of Americans who never worked on a farm to fight for social justice. His triumphant journey is a remarkable testament to the power of one individual's...
30) Cesar Chavez
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The life and historical significance of the Mexican American labor organizer who demanded rights for migrant farm workers.
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In this first published anthology, Richard J. Jensen and John C. Hammerback present Chavez in his own terms. Through this collection and through his own words and analysis of his major speeches and writings, Jensen and Hammerback reveal the rhetorical qualities and underlying rhetorical dynamics of a master communicator and also offer a rich source of the history of the farm workers' movement Chavez led from the early 1940s to his death in 1993.
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In the 1960s and '70s, Cesar Chavez and farmworker activists allied with musicians and artists to help build a movement called "La Causa". A Song for Cesar tells the story of that alliance using first-person accounts of artists, musicians, members of Chavez's family, and other key figures of the movement. Inspired by the spirit of the thousands of farmworkers who struggled for justice alongside labor leaders Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Larry...
34) Cesar Chavez
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Biography of the Mexican-American labor activist who organized and led the braceros, or migrant farm workers, in their struggle for better working conditions.
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A biography of Csar Chvez, Mexican American farm worker and civil rights activist. It discusses his migrant childhood, the events leading up to his organizing strikes and protests to battle unemployment. It also includes a discussion of his founding of the National Farm Workers Association.
38) Cesar Chavez
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A biography of the union activist who led the struggle of migrant farm workers for better working conditions.
40) Cesar Chavez
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In graphic novel format, describes the life and work of Cesar Chavez.