Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez

This book is a unique, single-volume treatment offering original source material on the life, accomplishments, disappointments, and lasting legacy of one of American history's most celebrated social reformers-Cesar Chavez. Two decades after Cesar Chavez's death, this timely book chronicles the drive for a union of one of American society's most exploited groups-farm workers. Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez is a valuable one-volume source based on the most recent research and available documentation. Historian Roger Bruns documents how Chavez and his United Farm Workers (UFW), against formidable odds, organized farm laborers into a force that for the first time successfully took on the might of California's agribusiness interests to achieve greater wages and better working conditions. Set against the backdrop of the 1960s, a time of assassinations, war protests, civil rights battles, and reform efforts for poor and minority citizens, the approximately 100 entries in this encyclopedia provide a glimpse into the events, organizations, men and women, and recurring themes that impacted the life of Cesar Chavez. It also contains a section of primary documentation-useful not only to enhance the understanding of this social and political movement, but also as source material for students.

Roger Bruns is a historian and former deputy executive director of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives in Washington, DC.

Introduction Entries Agbayani Village Agribusiness of California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 (ALRA) Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) Alinsky, Saul Arizona Fast, 1972 Boycotts Bracero Program Brown, Jerry Bruce Church, Inc. California Migrant Ministry (CMM) Chatfield, LeRoy Chavez, Helen Chavez, Juana Chavez, Librado Chavez, Manuel Chavez, Richard Chicano Movement Coachella Strike, 1973 Cohen, Jerry Community Organizing Community Service Organization (CSO) Constitutional Convention of United Farm Workers, 1973 Contract Signings, 1970 Contreras, Rufino de la Cruz, Jessie DiGiorgio Fruit Corporation Drake, Jim El Malcriado Fasts Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Surveillance Forty Acres Founding Convention, National Farm Workers Association, 1962 Fresno County Jail, 1973 Galarza, Ernesto Gallo Wine Company "Game, The," Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Ganz, Marshall Giumarra Vineyards Govea, Jessica Grape Strike, 1965 Hartmire, Chris Higgins, George Huerta, Dolores International Brotherhood of the Teamsters (IBT) Itliong, Larry Kennedy, Robert King, Martin Luther, Jr. Kircher, William La Paz Lettuce Strike, 1979 Levy, Jacques Lyons, Mack Mahoney, Roger March (Peregrinación) to Sacramento, 1966 McDonnell, Donald McFarland Rose Grafters Strike, 1965 McWilliams, Carey Meany, George Medina, Eliseo Modesto March, 1975 Nathan, Sandy Nonviolent Protest One Thousand Mile March, 1975 Oxnard Organizing Campaign, 1958 Padilla, Gilbert Perelli-Minetti Strike and Boycott, 1966 "Plan of Delano," Proposition 14, 1976 Proposition 22, 1972 Ranch Committees Reuther, Walter Rodriguez, Arturo Ross, Fred Salad Bowl Strike, 1970 Salandini, Victor Salinas Jail, 1970 Schenley Boycott, 1965 Short-Handled Hoe Steinberg, Lionel Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Texas Melon Strike, 1966 Unionization Attempts on Behalf of Farm Workers United Farm Workers (UFW) U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor Hearings, 1966 Valdez, Luis Vera Cruz, Philip Virgin of Guadalupe Wrath of Grapes Campaign, 1986 Primary Documents Annotated Bibliography Index