Title: César
First published: 2004
Description: Born in 1927 in Yuma, Arizona, C sar Chavez lived the hard-scrabble life of a migrant worker during the Depression. Although his mother wanted him to get an education, C sar left school after eighth grade to work. He grew to be a charismatic leader and founded the National Farm Workers Association, an organization that fought for basic rights for farm workers.
Subjects: Juvenile poetry, Poetry, Labor leaders, Mexican Americans, Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers, Children's poetry, American, Migrant agricultural laborers, Translations into Spanish, American poetry, Migrant labor, Poesía infantil estadounidense, Trabajadores agrícolas migratorios mexicanoamericanos, Líderes obreros, Mexicano-americanos, Poesía juvenil, Trabajadores agrícolas migratorios, Poesía infantil, Trabajadores migratorios agrícolas mexicano-americanos, Traducciones al español, Trabajadores migratorios agrícolas, Children's poetry, Caesar, julius, juvenile literature, Caesar, julius, award:Pura_Belpre_award, lexile_code:NP, age:min:9, age:max:12, grade:min:4, grade:max:7
People: Cesar Chavez (1927-)