To Serve the People My Life Organizing with Cesar Chavez and the Poor

Chatfield, Leroy/ Mariscal, Jorge (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 0826362710 / ISBN 13: 9780826362711

Published by Univ of New Mexico Pr, 2021

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264 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: To Serve the People My Life Organizing with Cesar Chavez and the Poor
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826362710
• ISBN 13: 9780826362711
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.38 kilograms

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Synopsis

In this collection of what the author calls Easy Essays, Chatfield recounts his childhood, explains the social issues that have played a significant role in his life and work, and uncovers the lack of justice he saw all too frequently.

About the Author

LeRoy Chatfield is a former organizer who worked with Cesar Chavez to get union recognition for California farmworkers, created a Saturday school educational enrichment program for farmworker children in Bakersfield, managed the Northern California general election campaign for Jerry Brown, and built the largest volunteer charitable organization in Sacramento.

Jorge Mariscal is a professor emeritus of Spanish and Chicano/a literature at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Brown-Eyed Children of the Sun: Lessons from the Chicano Movement, 1965-1975 (UNM Press).