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César Chávez  

Farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW).
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Biographies

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César Chávez: A Photographic Essay - Illan Stavans
Call Number: 331.8813 CHAVEZ BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 9781933693224
Latin American scholar and writer Ilan Stavans, supported by more than forty photographs from archival collections at the César E. Chávez Foundation, restores this man’s humanity so that readers can understand his struggles as a labor organizer and civil rights activist for farm workers.


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The Moral Vision of César Chávez - Frederick John Dalton
Call Number: 331.8813 CHAVEZ BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 1570754586
Frederick John Dalton, a professor of moral theology, explores the morality of César Chávez's social actions.

César Chávez : A Triumph of Spirit - Richard Griswold del Castillo and Richard A. Garcia
Call Number: 331.8813 CHAVEZ BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 0806127589
This biography of the embattled farm labor organizer focuses on César Chávez's formation, growth, and development as a leader in the movement to unionize farm workers in the Southwest.

César Chávez: Autobiography of La Causa - Jacques E. Levy
Call Number: 331.8813 CHAVEZ BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 0393074943
Prize-winning journalist Jacques E. Levy spent six years with César Chávez researching and writing account of one of the most successful labor movements in history.

 

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César E. Chávez (1927-1993)

Celebrate the life and achievements of this Latino leader and activist.

Union Leader · Civil Rights Leader · Spiritual Leader
Environmentalist · Humanitarian · Activist for Social Justice

 

Books about César Chávez

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Beyond the Fields: César Chávez, the UFW and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st Century - Randy Shaw
Call Number: 331.8813 SHAW
ISBN: 9780520251076
Many of the ideas, tactics and strategies that César Chávez and the UFW intitiated or revived - including the boycott, the fast, clergy-labor partnerships and door-to-door voter outreach - are now so commonplace that their roots in the farm workers' movement is forgotten.

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The Gospel of César Chávez: My Faith in Action - edited by Mario T. Garcia
Call Number: 230.2092 CHAVEZ
ISBN: 9781580512237
This is a book of spiritual reflections, prayers, or mantras from Cesar Chavez. Perhaps the best-known Latino historical figure in the United States, a key aspect of why he did what he did was his faith. He was a devout Catholic and a man of deep moral and spiritual values, which is what drove him to seek basic rights for farm workers as well as recognition for their human dignity as children of God.

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The Words of César Chávez - edited by Richard J. Jensen and John C. Hammerback
Call Number: 331.8813 CHAVEZ
ISBN: 1585441694
From early talks about organizing the National Farm Workers Association to his speech after ending a 1968 fast to eulogies for fellow activists and friends, this book looks at the rhetoric of César Chávez.

Colegio César Chávez, 1973-1983: A Chicano Struggle for Educational Self-Determination - Carlos S. Maldonado
Call Number: LATINO 378.7953 MALDONADO
ISBN: 0815336314
This work illuminates the founding and brief existence of Colegio Cesar Chavez , founded in the Pacific Northwest in 1973. The history of Colegio Cesar Chavez tells the story of a Chicano struggle for educational and self determination.

Remembering César: The Legacy of César Chávez - compiled by Ann McGregor; edited by Cindy Wathen; photographs by George Elfie Ballis
Call Number: 331.8813 REMEMBERING
ISBN: 1884956114
A pictoral look at the history of the United Farm Workers, labor leaders and Mexican American agricultural laborers.

The Migrant Workers and César Chávez - Jan Young
Call Number: 331.892 RANDALL
Describes the causes and events of the California grape picker's strike and the role of César Chávez in its successful resolution.


 
 

Teen Fiction

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Jesse - Gary Soto
Two Mexican American brothers hope that junior college will help them escape their heritage of tedious physical labor.

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Breaking through - Francisco Jiménez
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.

 
 

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Books for Children

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Cesar Chavez : a photo-illustrated biography - Lucile Davis
Presents the life story of the Mexican American labor leader who achieved justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights.

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Cesar Chavez : fighter in the fields - J. L. Matthews
Profiles Cesar Chavez, founder of the United Farm Workers, focusing on his advocacy for Hispanics and farm workers and his nonviolent fight for justice through strikes and demonstrations.

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Cesar Chavez : leader for migrant farm workers - Doreen Gonzales
Examines the life of the Mexican American labor organizer who demanded rights for migrant farm workers.


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Harvesting hope : the story of Cesar Chavez - Kathleen Krull
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.

 
 

Poetry Books for Children

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An elegy on the death of César Chávez - Rudolfo Anaya
A poem eulogizing the Mexican American labor activist Cesar Chavez and his work helping organize migrant farm workers.

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César : sí, se puede! Yes, we can! - Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
This illustrated book of poetry for children includes a biographical sketch of César Chávez and chronology.

 
 

Fiction Books for Children

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The circuit : stories from the life of a migrant child - Francisco Jiménez
In this story the dream of the family from Jalisco, Mexico, is to go north, cross the border to the U.S. and leave poverty behind. They make the long journey and cross the barricades without being spotted by Immigration. In California they join the circuit of migrant farm workers following the crops to be picked. They weave their customs, beliefs, and hopes with the cruel reality of the labor camps.

 
 

Libros en Español para Niños

César Chávez : la lucha por la justicia - Richard Griswold del Castillo
Una biografía del hombre que luchó durante los años 60 para que los trabajores agrícolas migratorios tuvieran sus derechos. Estableció el sindicato muy importante para ellos.

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César Chávez : lucha por los trabajadores del campo - Eric Braun
Una biografía en formato gráfico del líder de los trabajadores agrícolas y migratorios que organizó huelgas para mejorar las condiciones laborales de estos obreros.

César Chávez : una biografía ilustrada con fotografías - Lucile Davis
Biografía con fotos de uno de los más famosos líderes de los sindicatos de los trabajadores agrícolas.

Cosechando esperanza : la historia de César Chávez - Kathleen Krull
Este biografía ilustrada para niños es de la vida de César Chávez desde 10 años de edad cuando vivía en un rancho en Arizona hasta la edad de 38 cuando condujo una protesta pacible en contra de las condiciones en las cuales trabajaban los trabajadores migratorios de California.

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Caminos de Jose Marti, Frida Kahlo, Cesar Chavez - Alma Flor Ada, F. Isabel Campoy
Biografías ilustradas para niños de tres personas importantes.

 
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