American farmworker, labor leader, and civil rights activist César Chávez cofounded the United Farm Workers labor union and fought to increase immigrants' rights in the United States. Through direct quotations from Chávez as well as a captivating narrative of his life, readers will learn what made C
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Cesar Chavez: Labor Rights Activist
✍ Scribed by Joanne Mattern
- Book ID
- 110705447
- Publisher
- Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 3 MB
- Series
- Barrier-Breaker Bios
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781502649553
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
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 gripping biography traces Chavez's life, highlighting the triumphs and difficulties that he encountered. Sidebars and a timeline provide extra information that shows Chavez's importance to workers' movements in the United States and beyond.
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