1927-

Describes the childhood and rise to power of Fidel Castro and examines his effect on Cuba.

Provides an introduction to the life and work of labor and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, and features articles that discuss his early struggles, the events that led him to organize a union for farm workers, the social and political impact of his work, his strategies and tactics, and his legacy.

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.

Describes through photographs and text the rise to power of the revolutionary leader opposed to the corruption and violence of the Batista regime, and the many strands of his more than thirty years of rule.

Presents the untold story of Castro based on hundreds of interviews with unique sources. Includes four extensive interviews with Castro.

German author G?nter Grass tells his life story, describing his experiences in the Waffen-SS during World War II and in an American prisoner of war camp afterward; his relationship with his first great love, Anna; his mother's death; and his start as a novelist.

Profiles the March 1966 National Grape Boycott led by Mexican-American activist, Cesar Chavez, in order to protest the conditions that farmworkers had to endure including inadequate housing and wages.

Presents the stories of two women, Jeannette Rankin of Montana and Patsy Mink of Hawaii, who blazed a path for women in politics and made careers for themselves in the political world.

The life and historical significance of the Mexican American labor organizer who demanded rights for migrant farm workers.