Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La CausaU of Minnesota Press, 30 thg 11, 2013 - 592 trang Mexican-American civil rights and labor activist Cesar Chavez (1927–1993) comes to life in this vivid portrait of the charismatic and influential fighter who boycotted supermarkets and took on corporations, the government, and the powerful Teamsters Union. Jacques E. Levy gained unprecedented access to Chavez and the United Farm Workers in writing this account of one of the most successful labor movements in history-which also serves as a guidebook for social and political change. |
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Carving a Homestead | 7 |
Either Drought or Flood | 13 |
A Need for Faith | 27 |
No Longer Free | 35 |
UPROOTED AND ADRIFT | 43 |
Get Out If You Can | 50 |
Labor Contractors | 61 |
To Be a Man Is to Suffer for Others | 279 |
The Spirit of Martyrs | 288 |
Perils and Pressures | 294 |
The Eagle Is Flying | 303 |
First Cracks in Delano | 311 |
A Surrender and a Challenge | 319 |
NEW FIELDS OLD ENEMIES July 30 1970November 1971 | 327 |
Message at a Wedding | 329 |
Mired in Mendota | 68 |
A Trail of Crops | 75 |
Pachuco Days | 81 |
My Education Starts | 89 |
CRUSADERS IN THE BARRIOS | 95 |
Are You a Communist? | 103 |
Problems and Power | 109 |
A Secret Trial | 115 |
Negreroes | 122 |
Oxnards Burning Issue | 125 |
Getting the Proof | 132 |
A Victory That Failed | 138 |
I Resign | 145 |
THE BIRTH OF THE UNION April 11962April 101966 | 149 |
The Power of Agribusiness | 151 |
How Will We Eat? | 157 |
We Begin to Grow | 166 |
The Black Eagle Is Born | 173 |
A Strike in the Roses | 179 |
The Grape Strike Starts | 182 |
Where Harassment Backfires | 187 |
Recruiting Volunteers | 195 |
National Spotlight | 201 |
Pilgrimage to Sacramento | 206 |
Schenley Signs a Contract | 215 |
VICTORY IN THE VINEYARDS April 1966July 29 1970 | 219 |
Praying for DiGiorgio | 221 |
A Question of Elections | 228 |
A Merger and a Vote | 239 |
The Arvin Story 2j 5 Teamster Coup | 257 |
Boycott Grapes | 263 |
The Power of Nonviolence | 269 |
The Miracle of the Fast | 272 |
A Secret Letter 33 7 | 337 |
A Fast That Failed | 344 |
The True Teamster Position | 352 |
Bedlam in Delano | 358 |
War Is Declared | 364 |
A Fork in the Road | 372 |
Violence | 382 |
Concentrate on Chiquita | 389 |
Enter the Goons | 396 |
Ambus | 402 |
Clever Tactical Reasons | 409 |
Forced to Boycott | 416 |
Inside Salinas Jail | 425 |
Secret Lettuce Talks | 434 |
Book Vll TARGET FOR DESTRUCTION 1971May 1975 | 441 |
Assassination Plot | 443 |
The Power of People | 447 |
La Causa in Florida | 453 |
Two Showdowns | 463 |
Dangerous Alliances | 470 |
Everything Is Going to Go to the Teamsters | 475 |
A Pattern of Violence | 485 |
Filling the Jails | 495 |
Two Men Are Dead | 504 |
Teamsters Go All Out | 511 |
The Best Source of Hope Is the People | 517 |
A Very Important Lesson | 522 |
Surprise in Sacramento | 527 |
Saying Yes to Mans Dignity | 536 |
Hay Mas Tiempo Que Vida There Is More Time Than Life | 541 |
Afterword Jacqueline M Levy | 549 |
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