the story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez = Lado a lado : la historia de Dolores Huerta y C?sar Ch?vez
Brown, Monica
2010
Describes the partnership between Dolores Huerta and C?sar Ch?ves, the founding of the National Farm Workers Association, and their combined efforts to improve working conditions for agricultural laborers. Presented in English and Spanish.
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.
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 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 labor leader of the 20th century, Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez cofounded the National Farm Workers Association, forerunner of the United Farm Workers of America (UFW). She was among the few powerful female union leaders and one of the only Hispanic women to achieve such an important position.
Presents a brief biography of Dolores Huerta, who, together with Cesar Chavez, helped to create the first union for farmworkers; and chronicles her childhood and family, education, and involvement for equal rights for Latinos, women, and the poor.
A biography of Cesar Chavez, discussing his early life on his family's Arizona ranch, how the Great Depression forced them to become migrant workers in California, and the poor housing, pay, and working conditions that inspired Cesar to pursue farm workers' rights through unionization.
Contains a brief biography of Cesar Chavez, advocate for the right of farmworkers in the United States, and includes information on his early life, his family, and his achievements. Presented in Spanish in graphic novel form.
Contains a brief biography of Cesar Chavez, advocate for the right of farmworkers in the United States,and includes information on his early life, his family, and his achievements. Presented in graphic novel form.
