Cesar Chávez
(see also Nonviolence Movement, Direct Nonviolent Action, Mexican American Movements & Farm Labor)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
On the Web: Specialized Sites
United Farm Workers (UFW).
In the Library: Articles
Bardacke, Frank. "Cesar's ghost: decline & fall of the UFW," Nation (7/26/93):130-35.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Calvo Buesas, Tomás. Los más pobres en el país más rico: clase, raza y etnia en el movimiento campesino chicano (Madrid: Encuentro, 1981).
Child, Christopher. The California Crusade of Cesar Chávez (London: Quaker Peace & Service, 1980).
Day, Mark. Forty Acres: Chávez & the Farm Workers (NY: Praeger, 1971).
Ferriss, Susan & Ricardo Sandoval. The Fight in the Fields: Caesar Chavez & the Farmworkers Movement (Orlando FL: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997).
Griswold del Castillo, Richard & Richard A. García. Cesar Chávez: A Triumph of Spirit (Norman: U. of Oklahoma, 1995).
Hammerback, John C. & Richard J. Jensen. The Rhetorical Career of Cesar Chávez (College Station: Texas A&M, 1998).
Holmes, Burnham. Cesar Chávez: Farm Worker Activist (Austin TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1994).
Matthiessen, Peter. Sal Si Puedes: Cesar Chávez & the New American Revolution (NY: Random House, 1969).
Ross, Fred. Conquering Goliath: Cesar Chávez at the Beginning (Keene CA: UFW, 1989).
Steinbacher, John. Bitter Harvest (Whittier CA: Orange Tree, 1970).
Taylor, Ronald B. Chávez & the Farm Workers (Boston: Beacon, 1975).
Yinger, Winthrop. Cesar Chávez: The Rhetoric of Nonviolence (Hicksville NY: Exposition, 1995).
In the Library: Fiction
In the Library: For Young Readers
Johnson, Ann Donegan. The Value of Conviction: The Story of Cesar Chávez (LA: Value Tales, 1995).
Krull, Kathleen. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chávez (San Diego: Harcourt, 2003).
Roberts, Naurice. Cesar Chávez & La Causa (Chicago: Children's, 1986).
Strazzabosco, Jeanne. Learning about Justice from the Life of Cesar Chávez (NY: PowerKids, 1996).
Terzian, James P. & Kathryn Cramer. Mighty Hard Road: The Story of Cesar Chávez (NY: Pocket, 1970).
In the Library: Poetry
Anaya, Rodolfo. Elegy on the Death of Cesar Chávez (El Paso: Cinco Puntos, 2000).
In the Library: Drama
Stevens, Larry. Cesar Chávez: A Mini-Play (Stockton CA: Stevens & Shea, 1995).
In the Library: Photography
Davis, Lucile. Cesar Chávez: A Photo-Illustrated Biography (Mankato MN: Bridgestone, 1998).
CD & Audio
Film & Video
"The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chávez & the Farm Workers' Struggle" [1997], dir. Ray Telles & Rick Tejada-Flores, 115m.
"Huelga" [1966], dir. Robert Murchison & David Holden, 15m. From UFW.
"Presente! Recuerdos de Cesar Chávez" [1997], by Corazón de Aztlán Productions, 11m.
"Viva la Causa" [1993], dir. Robert Newman, 23m. From UFW.