"Griswold del Castillo and Garcia have written a biography of
Chavez, but it is also a history of the Mexican American labor
movement and the Mexican American struggle for civil rights....
T]his is a fine book."--- Choice " D]eserves to be read not only by
persons studying the Mexican American experience but also by those
interested in labor studies, U.S.-Mexican relations, and U.S.
civilization in the 1960s and 1970s, including politics and
society."--- Western Historical Quarterly "Intended for scholars
and general readers alike, the fascinating life story reads like a
novel.... T]his sorely needed biography updates all the others."---
Multicultural Review When farm worker and labor organizer Cesar
Chavez burst upon America's national scene in 1965, U.S. readers
and viewers were witnessing the emergence of a new Mexican
American, or Chicano, movement. This biography of Chavez by Richard
Griswold del Castillo and Richard A. Garcia is the first to
approach Chavez's life-his courageous acts, his turning points, his
many perceived personas-in the context of Chicano and American
history. It reveals a shy, quiet man who was launched by events
into a maelstrom of campesino strikes, religious fervor, and
nonviolent battles for justice. Among his friends and supporters he
counted Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, and
millions across America who rallied to his cause. In Griswold del
Castillo and Garcia's biography, Chavez's life mirrors major events
in Mexican American history: Mexican immigration during the 1920s;
forced repatriation in the 1930s; segregation in public schools;
Mexican American contributions during World War II; the Zoot Suit
Riots in Los Angeles; formation of Mexican American organizations
to advance civil and political rights; the Chicano movement of the
1960s and early 1970s; the emergence of a conservative political
backlash in the 1980s; and, finally, the "new immigration" in the
1990s. Cesar Chavez was touched by all these events, and his story
is both private and part of a collective experience. Ultimately the
authors see Chavez's significance as moral. In an age notable for
its confusion about-if not lack of moral values, Cesar Chavez
stands as proof that America still has people of rare courage and
conviction who devote their lives to a righteous cause, to self
sacrifice and nonviolent struggle against overwhelming odds. Chavez
consistently respected all ethnic and religious groups, rejected
materialism, and, above all, fought for justice. Griswold del
Castillo and Garcia's biography tells the inspiring story of a man
who lived a simple life and preached a simple guiding dictum: Si Se
Puede-Yes, it can be done. Richard Griswold del Castillo was born
and raised in Santa Ana California; his father was born in
Minneapolis Minnesota and his mother was born in Mexico City,
Mexico. He graduated from Santa Ana High school in 1960, went on
study at UC Berkeley and the University of Dijon, France before
receiving his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from UCLA . In 1992 he was a
Fulbright Scholar in Mexico City, he was a visiting professor at UC
Berkeley in 1994, and he became Professor Emeritus at San Diego
State University in 2005. Richard A. Garcia, Professor of Ethnic
Studies at California State University-Hayward, is the author of
The Rise of the Mexican American Middle Class: San Antonio,
1929-1941.
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