labor leaders

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Cesar Chavez

champion and voice of farm workers
2008
Presents the life of Mexican-American Cesar Chavez focusing on his childhood, and the family moves to different locations to survive during the Great Depression. Discusses his Navy career, marriage, and eight children, and how he formed the National Farm Workers Association until it gradually became the United Farm Workers.

A picture book of Cesar Chavez

2010
Explores the life of Cesar Chavez, highlighting his efforts to fight for the rights of immigrant workers. Includes full-color illustrations and a timeline.

Cesar Chavez

crusader for social change
2008
Explores the life of Cesar Chavez, focusing primarily on his work organizing the National Farm Workers Association and advocating for improved working and living conditions for all Mexican Americans. Includes photographs, a time line, a list of resources, a glossary, and a selected bibliography.

Cesar Chavez

leader for migrant farm workers
1996
Examines the life of the Mexican American labor organizer who demanded rights for migrant farm workers.

Cesar Chavez

2005
Presents a short biography of Cesar Chavez, the founder of the United Farm Workers of America, and describes how he fought to establish better working conditions and wages for migrant workers in California.

C?sar Ch?vez

2005
Presents the life story of the Mexican American labor leader who helped achieve justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights.

Cesar Chavez

labor leader
1993
Traces the accomplishments of the labor leader who fought to improve the lives of Mexican American farm workers in California.

Cesar Chavez

2007
A brief biography of activist and founder of the United Farmer Workers, Cesar Chavez, that chronicles his childhood, military service, and efforts to help poor farm workers in their fight for civil rights.

Mother Jones

2006
A biography of labor activist Mary Harris Jones, providing information on her family life, her education, and her dedication to fighting for workers' rights.

Elegy on the death of C?sar Ch?vez

2000
A poem eulogizing the Mexican American labor activist Cesar Chavez and his work helping organize migrant farm workers.

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