San Antonio College Library

"From the Jaws of Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement is the most comprehensive history ever written on the meteoric rise and precipitous decline of the United Farm Workers, the most successful farm labor union in United States history. Based on little-known sources and one-of-a-kind oral histories with many veterans of the farm worker movement, this book revises much of what we know about the UFW. Matt Garcia's...

Tells the story of Cesar Chavez and his fight to win dignity and justice for migrant farmworkers through the United Farm Workers union, and includes essays, letters, and poems contributed by men and women who participated on both sides of the struggle.

A concise biography of Cesar Chvez documents the life of the United Farm Workers organizer. A biographical essay is accompanied by several types of documents: Chavez in his own words, Chaez in the words of his contemporaries, Chavez as seen by historians in a group of secondary sources, and a visual portfolio of twenty photographs and cartoons.

"Cesar Chavez dedicated his life to helping American farmworkers. As a child growing up in California during the Great Depression, he picked produce with his family. Cesar saw firsthand how unfairly workers were treated. As an adult, he organized farmworkers into unions and argued for better pay and fair working conditions. He was jailed for his efforts, but he never stopped urging people to stand up for their rights"--Amazon.com.

In this comprehensive overview of the fascinating and rich history of the struggles of farmers and farm workers, Patrick H. Mooney and Theo J. Majka highlight the drama of certain events and the courage and charisma of the individuals who have participated in these movements. The section on farmer movements begins with a look at the violent farmer protests from the colonial period up to the Civil War and then moves on to farmer alliances with labor...

A simple biography of the man who worked to win fairer treatment of the migrant farm workers in California in the 1960s and to establish the United Farm Workers union.