"Growing up in a poor, migrant family, Cesar Chavez knew how hard life could be. As a boy, he went to thirty different schools before finally having to drop out in eighth grade to help support his family. Chavez devoted his life to creating unions and demanding better working conditions for all farmworkers. This book traces Chavez's life, highlighting the triumphs and difficulties that he encountered, while sidebars and a timeline provide extra information that help show Chavez's importance to workers' movements in the United States and beyond"--Provided by publisher.
year: 2020
call number/section: 920
subjects: chavez, cesar, 1927-1993, united farm workers, labor leaders, biography, mexican american migrant agricultural laborers, migrant agricultural laborers, labor unions, united states, history, agricultural laborers, migrant labor, mexican americans, biographies