agricultural laborers

Migratory workers strike against the landowners in California's apple country, led by Jim Nolan.

Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.

Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.

Collects more than forty-five speeches given by labor leader Cesar Chavez.

"Learn how Cesar (Chavez) fought to make the United States a fairer, safer place to work and live. Readers will see how to use interviewing skills and journalistic questions to reveal the story behind a famous American"--Amazon.com.

Provides a look at the lives of former African-American farmworkers who labored in central Florida's farms along the shores of Lake Apopka that had been heavy treated with pesticides, and discusses the history of Lake Apopka and the social and environmental injustice centered on food production that has taken place there.

Tells the life story of American farm worker and labor leader C?sar Ch?vez in graphic novel format.

Collects twelve essays and first-person narratives that examine the life and accomplishments of labor leader and social justice advocate C?sar Ch?vez.

Offers a nuanced account of the life of the migrant worker whose ground-breaking work as an organizer and labor leader made him a national icon, looking at both the achievements and flaws that defined the man.