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Dolores Huerta Reader
Mario T. . Ed(S): Garcia
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Description for Dolores Huerta Reader
Paperback. Farm labor leader and civil rights advocate Dolores Huerta first worked with Cesar Chavez as a community organizer in Mexican American areas of southern California in the mid-1950s. This book includes a biographical introduction, articles and book excerpts written about her, and her own writing and speeches. Editor(s): Garcia, Mario T. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; JFSL4; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Farm labor leader and civil rights advocate Dolores Huerta first worked with Cesar Chavez as a community organizer in Mexican American areas of southern California in the mid-1950s. Chavez dreamed of organizing farm workers, and in 1962 he started the National Farm Workers Association. He asked Huerta to work with them, and in the next three years they recruited a number of members. In 1965 the NFWA joined the AFL-CIO-affiliated Agricultural Workers' Committee in a strike against large grape growers in the San Joaquin Valley - a five-year strike that raised national awareness of the dismal treatment of the workers ... Read more
Farm labor leader and civil rights advocate Dolores Huerta first worked with Cesar Chavez as a community organizer in Mexican American areas of southern California in the mid-1950s. Chavez dreamed of organizing farm workers, and in 1962 he started the National Farm Workers Association. He asked Huerta to work with them, and in the next three years they recruited a number of members. In 1965 the NFWA joined the AFL-CIO-affiliated Agricultural Workers' Committee in a strike against large grape growers in the San Joaquin Valley - a five-year strike that raised national awareness of the dismal treatment of the workers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826345134
SKU
V9780826345134
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About Mario T. . Ed(S): Garcia
Mario T. Garcia earned his Ph.D. in history at the University of California, San Diego. He is professor of Chicano studies and history at UC Santa Barbara.
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