César Chávez : A Brief Biography with Documents

by Etulain, Richard W.

• ISBN13: 9780312294274
• ISBN10: 0312294271
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-20
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This concise biography of Ceacute;sar Chaacute;vez documents the life of one of the most important labor organizers of the last half of the 20th century-a reformer and activist who personified the American struggle for democracy. His story is told through an evocative biographical essay accompanied by several types of documents: Chaacute;vez in his own words, Chaacute;vez in the words of his contemporaries, Chaacute;vez as seen by historians in a group of secondary sources, and finally a visual portfolio of 20 photographs and cartoons. The secondary sources focus on critical questions about the labor unions he helped to found and the impact he made on the Chicano population as well as the rest of the world. All of the materials are accompanied by a helpful chronology, bibliographic essay, and questions for consideration.

Author Biography

Richard W. Etulain was professor of history and director of the Center for the American West at the University of New Mexico from 1979 to 2001.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Cesar Chavez: Chicano Citizen	p. 1
The Early Years	p. 2
Becoming an Organizer	p. 4
National Labor Leader	p. 14
Cesar Chavez: The Man	p. 19
Cesar Chavez: Chicano Citizen	p. 22
A Life and Its Times	p. 25
The Organizer's Tale, July 1966	p. 26
The Mexican American and the Church, 1968	p. 35
Helen Chavez Recalls, 1975	p. 39
The Reverend James Drake Recalls, 1975	p. 41
Dolores Huerta Recalls, 1975	p. 42
From Jacques Levy's Notebook, 1975	p. 44
Cesar Chavez, 1970	p. 46
Chavez and the UFW: A View from the California Farm Bureau, 1979	p. 50
California Farm Bureau President Recalls, 1975	p. 52
An Illustrated Life	p. 53
Cesar Chavez and His Times in Photographs	p. 53
A Life and Its Interpreters	p. 75
Fred Ross Recalls, 1975	p. 76
Telegram, September 22, 1966	p. 81
The Birth of La Causa, 1995	p. 82
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta: Partners in "La Causa," 2001	p. 95
Cesar's Ghost: Decline and Fall of the UFW, 1993	p. 106
Cesar Chavez, 1993	p. 116
Seeing a Life Whole	p. 119
A Cesar Chavez Chronology: 1927-1993	p. 119
Making Connections	p. 120
Research Opportunities	p. 121
Sources for a Life: Selected Bibliography	p. 123
Cesar Chavez: The Man and His Circle	p. 123
Cesar Chavez and the Chicano Movement	p. 126
Cesar Chavez: Chicano Citizen	p. 127
Index	p. 131
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