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Who was...?Summary: Using historical footage and dramatic reenactments, this film focuses on one of the seminal events in the march for human rights -- the grape strike and boycott led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in the 1960s. Thousands of people from across the nation joined in a struggle for justice for the some of the most exploited people in the United States.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Southern Poverty Law Center 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC VIVRau, Dana Meachen
Summary: Presents an account of the life of the Mexican American labor activist who helped organize the migrant farm workers and establish a union to fight for their rights.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET CHAVEZHart, Elva Treviño.
Summary: "A vividly told autobiographical account of the life of a child growing up in a family of migrant farm workers. Elva Trevino Hart was born in south Texas to Mexican immigrants and spent her childhood moving back and forth between Texas and Minnesota, eventually leaving that world to earn a master's degree in computer science/engineering.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe 1999