Remembering Cesar: The Legacy of Cesar Chavez

By Ann McGregor

Book Overview

In this collection of firsthand accounts by those who knew Cesar Chavez best, a portrait of an uncommonly complex man, both driven and focused, yet humble, empathic and exceedingly principled,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884956114
• ISBN13: 9781884956119
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Linden Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A fitting memorial and tribute to the man and his legacy

The late Cesar Chavez was a migrant farmworker by birth and by trade. His formal education ended after the eight grade. He never owned a house. He didn't own a car. He never made more than $6,000 a year. This quiet and unobtrusive man took hold of the migrant laborer union movement and inspired it to success against the farm owners and agribusiness interests so historically hostile to the union movement. Compiled by Ann McGregor and enhanced with photographs by George Elfie Ballis, Remembering Cesar: The Legacy Of Cesar Chavez is a fitting memorial and tribute to the man and his legacy. Composed of first hand accounts by 45 men and women those who knew Chavez best, we find a man who was uncommonly complex; who despite his limited formal education went on to become very well-red in his later life; who was both driven and focuses, humble and empathetic; and exceedingly principled. Remembering Cesar his a highly recommended biographical portrait recommended for students of the American labor movement, and the continuing struggle of the American farmworker for honest recognition, fair compensation, decent working conditions, and a better life for themselves and their children.