migrant labor

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

Traces the life and accomplishments of Mexican American labor leader Cesar Chavez, who founded the United Farm Workers union to promote better wages and working conditions for migrants and other farm workers.

When her blind dog slips his collar, 12-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Selma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.

As a young migrant worker, David is shocked and thrilled when the man running the field store offers him a loaf of bread in exchange for a song.

Describes the causes and events of the California grape pickers' strike and the role of Cesar Chavez in its successful resolution.

Presents the events of the Dust Bowl which occured during the 1930s from three different perspectives, an Oklahoma farmer, a migrant worker in California, and a government journalist.

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.

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

A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions.

"A young Mexican boy tells how he, his mother, and his sister travel across the border to search for his father and for work in Los Angeles"--Provided by publisher.