agricultural laborers

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.

Chronicles the life of Cesar Chavez, and discusses his creation of the United Farm Workers Movement that used strikes, boycotts, and fasts to make cultural and political history. Includes biographical sketches, primary documents, a chronology, and a glossary.

Provides a biography of Mexican American labor organizer Cesar Chavez covering his birth, childhood, teen years, and adulthood. Includes a timeline.

Portrays the life of twelve-year-old Juan Medina and his family, migrant workers living in Encinitas, California.

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.

Introduces the life and accomplishments of this great Mexican American and labor leader.

Presents a biography of twentieth-century social activist Cesar Chavez who became the leaders of the United Farm Workers and fought for the rights of Mexican laborers in the mid-1900s.

A biography of C?sar Ch?vez, Mexican American farm worker and civil rights activist, and discusses his migrant childhood, the events leading up to him organizing strikes and protests to battle unemployment, and includes his founding of the Farm Workers Association, and more.

A brief biography of Cesar Chavez, the Mexican American union leader who fought to get migrant farm workers better wages.

A profile of C?sar Ch?vez, the Mexican American union leader who fought to get migrant farm workers better wages.