migrant labor

Wrath of Grapes Boycott Speech by Cesar Chavez

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Chavez delivered this speech at various times and places kicking off an entire campaign in May 1986 to promote consumer awareness of pesticide use.

Statement at Pacific Lutheran University Speech by Cesar Chavez

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César Chávez, “Statement at Pacific Lutheran University,” speech given in March 1989.
(Alternative to Commonwealth Club Address)

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1984 Cesar Chavez Address to the Commonwealth Club of California

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1984 Cesar Chavez Address to the Commonwealth Club of California

Address by Cesar Chavez, President
United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO

The Commonwealth Club of California
November 9, 1984--San Francisco

Working Cotton

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Copies: 1

This child’s view of the long day’s work in the cotton fields, simply expressed in a poet’s resonant language, is a fresh and stirring look at migrant family life. “With its restrained poetic text and impressionist paintings, this is a picture book for older readers, too.”--Booklist

Author:

Sherley Anne Williams

Lexile:

AD600L