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Chapter 7: BATTLEGROUND IN THE FIELDS
From: CESAR CHAVEZ

C
From: Encyclopedia Of Modern Christian Politics

CÉSAR CHÁVEZ
From: Notable Latino Americans

Chapter Eight: Catalysts of the Chicano Movement: Farm Worker Organizers and Land Grant Crusaders
From: Testimonio: A Documentary History of the Mexican American Struggle for Civil Rights

CESAR CHAVEZ
From: Latino and African American Athletes Today

César Chávez
From: 100 HISPANICS YOU SHOULD KNOW

CESAR CHAVEZ (1927–1993)
From: Leaders from the 1960s

Cesar Chavez (1927–1993)
From: The American Political Landscape Series

César Chávez (Yuma, Arizona, 1927–1993)
From: Contemporary Hispanic Quotations

97.: Cesar Chavez, “Letter from Delano” (1969)
From: 100 KEY DOCUMENTS IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

Cesar E. Chavez, “Letter from Delano” (1969), reprinted inChristian Century 86 (April 23, 1969), p. 539.
From: America in the Sixties - Right, Left, and Center

CESAR ESTRADA CHAVEZ (1927–1993)
From: American Voices

CHÁVEZ, CÉSAR ESTRADA, 1927–1993.
From: Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

CHÁVEZ, CÉSAR ESTRADA, 1927–1993.
From: The Mexican American Experience

Chávez, César
From: Student Almanac of Hispanic American History, Volume 2

Chavez, Cesar (1927–1993)
From: Encyclopedia of Racism in the United States

Chávez, César (1927–1993)
From: Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture

Chávez, César (1927–93).
From: The Borderlands

CHÁVEZ, CÉSAR E. (1927–1993)
From: DICTIONARY OF LATINO CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY

CHAVEZ, CESAR ESTRADA (1927– ),
From: Mexican American Biographies

Chapter 3: COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
From: CESAR CHAVEZ

DELANO GRAPE STRIKE, 1965–1970.
From: Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

Chapter 1: IN THE FIELDS
From: CESAR CHAVEZ

Chapter 6: IN THE TUMULT
From: CESAR CHAVEZ

LATINO AMERICANS, CIVIL RIGHTS OF
From: Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties [Three Volumes]

Chapter 2: NONVIOLENT PROTEST AND VISIONS OF BETTERMENT
From: CESAR CHAVEZ

Chapter 8: POLITICAL PROWESS
From: CESAR CHAVEZ

SACRAMENTO MARCH, 1966.
From: Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

Chapter 5: THE DELANO GRAPE STRIKE
From: CESAR CHAVEZ

Chapter 10: THE REACH OF THE REFORMER
From: CESAR CHAVEZ

Chapter 4: THE RISE OF THE BLACK EAGLE
From: CESAR CHAVEZ

CHAPTER EIGHT: The Struggle in the Fields
From: CHICANO!

UNITED FARM WORKERS (UFW).
From: Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

UNITED FARM WORKERS.
From: The Mexican American Experience

Chapter 9: VIVA LA CAUSA
From: CESAR CHAVEZ

Cesar E. Chavez Institute
http://www.cesarechavezinstitute.org/home/

Quotes by Cesar Chavez
http://clnet.ucla.edu/research/chavez/quotes/

Speech by Cesar Chavez, March 1989
http://www.ufw.org/_page.php?menu=research&inc=history/10.html

Speech by Dolores Huerta, May 10, 1969
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/mexican_voices/voices_display.cfm?id=111

César Chávez. Courtesy of Arte Público Press Photo Archives.

César Chávez, leader of the United Farm Workers union, addresses followers in 1972.

Cesar Chavez and wife, Helen, during a strike in Delano, California, 1966. Reproduced courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Cahavez in 1966—this is the year The United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (later to become the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO) is formed under the direction of Chavez. Reproduced courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Chavez leading a boycott on bananas. Reproduced courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Chavez gathering supporters. Reproduced courtesy of the U.S. National Archives.

César Chávez, March 28, 1968, the day he broke his first fast.

César Chávez.

Robert Kennedy with César Chávez when the union leader broke his fast.

César Chávez with picketers during the grape boycott.

A meeting between César Chávez and Robert Kennedy.

Corky Gonzales and César Chávez

César Chávez discussing farmworkers' problems in the Salinas Valley with CRLA community workers Héctor De la Rosa and Enrique Cantú Flores.

César Chávez