Cesar Chavez: Mexican-American Labor Leader (Hispanics of Achievement Ser.Hispanics of Achievement)
Histoire, Biographies, États-Unis (voyage et géographie), Affaires et économie
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Résumé
When Cesar Chavez was a boy in Yuma, Arizona, where he was born, he learned that it was his duty to help the poor. But he also learned what it meant to be poor when his Mexican American family became… migrant farm workers during the depression. Such first-hand experiences made him determined to organize farm workers without resorting to violence and to get a contract to ensure decent working conditions and fair wages. For grades 5-8 and older readers