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Author Haugen, Brenda.

Title Cesar Chavez : crusader for social change / by Brenda Haugen.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, MN : Compass Point Books, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Children's Department  J B CHAVEZ    Check Shelf
Description 112 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm.
Series Signature lives
Signature lives.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 108) and index.
Contents Finding his purpose in life -- Early life lessons -- Migrant workers -- Fighting for social justice -- Building a union -- On strike -- Long road -- Working for change -- Protesting against dangerous pesticides -- Leader to th every end -- Life and times -- Life at a glance -- Additional resources -- Glossary -- Source notes -- Select bibliography -- Index -- Image credits.
Summary Presents the life of Cesar Chavez, focusing primarily on his work organizing the National Farm Workers Association and working for improved working and living conditions for all Mexican Americans.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.9 2.0 116531.
Subject Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 -- Juvenile literature.
Labor leaders -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
United Farm Workers -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993.
Labor leaders.
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers.
United Farm Workers -- History.
Mexican Americans -- Biography.
ISBN 9780756533212 library binding
075653321X library binding
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