Office of the President: Cesar Chavez Collection. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Papers of Cesar Chavez chronicle his work and leadership in the agricultural migrant labor organizing movement dating from 1959 to 1993, and with the United Farm Workers Union and its predecessor organizations.
Outstanding Americans of Mexican Descent. Menlo Park, Calif.: Educational Consulting Associates, 1970.
American Farm Bureau Federation. The Truth About the Grape Boycott. Chicago: American Farm Bureau Federation, 1969.
Anderson, Henry P. The Bracero Program in California: With Particular Reference to Health Status, Attitudes, and Practices. New York: Arno Press, 1961. (Reprinted, 1976).
Brown, Jerald, Barry. "The United Farm Workers Grape Strike and Boycott, 1965-1970: An Evaluation of the Culture of Poverty Theory." Ph.D. dissertation, Cornell University, 1972. 348 pp.
_________. "The National Farm Workers Association, 1965-1966: A Case Study of the Unionization of Agricultural Workers." New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations Library, Cornell University, 1967.
Cabbell, Paul. "A Free Press Interview with Cesar Chavez." Reprinted from the Aug. 22, 1969 Los Angeles Free Press. UAW Western Region 6, 1969.
California. Senate. Fact-Finding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities. 14th Report on Un-American Activities. Sacramento, 1967. 209 pp.
Chavez, Cesar. "The Organizer´s Tale." Ramparts : Vol. 5, 2(1966). pp. 43-50. Day, Mark. Forty acres: Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers. New York: Praeger, 1971. A narrative of Fr. Day´s experiences with UFWOC from 1967 to 1970.
Delgado, Concha. César Chávez: Apostle of Nonviolence. Berkeley, CA: Babel Productions, 1971. Bilingual biography of César Chávez with teaching unit.
Diedrich, Lyle Victor. "Cesar Chavez: Development of a Leader." (Seminar paper, M.A. in Economics), Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1976.
Dunne, John Gregory. Delano, The Story of the California Grape Strike. Photos by Ted Streshinsky. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1967.
Field, Mervin D. "Cesar Chavez Widely Known and Has Favorable Image But Public Evenly Split on New Grape Boycott." San Francisco, Calif. poll, 1985. Public
Opinion, Sept. 6, 1985.
Fodell, Beverly. Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers: A Bibliography. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1974.
Forell, George W., and Lazareth, William H., eds. Human Rights: Rhetoric or Reality. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1978.
Franchere, Ruth. Cesar Chavez. Illustrated by Earl Thollander. New York: Crowell, 1970, 1973. [Juvenile literature].
Galarza, Ernesto. Spiders in the House and Workers in the Field. Notre Dame: University of Indiana Press, 1970.
Galarza, Ernesto. The Tragedy at Chualar. Santa Barbara: McNally and Loftin, 1977.
Gomez, Rudolph. The Changing Mexican-American; A Reader. Boulder, CO: Pruett, 1972.
Hachey, Thomas E. and Weber, Ralph E., eds. American Dissent from Thomas Jefferson to Cesar Chavez: The Rhetoric of Reform and Revolution. Huntington,N.Y.: R.E. Kreiger Pub. Co., 1981. Some material originally published under the title: "Voices of Revolution.".
Hribar, Paul Anthony. "The Social Fasts of Cesar Chavez: A Critical Study of Nonverbal Communication, Nonviolence, and Public Opinion." Ph.D. Thesis, University of Southern California, 1978.
Levy, Jacques E. Cesar Chavez: An Autobiography of La Causa. New York: Norton, 1975.
London, Joan and Anderson, Henry. So Shall We Reap: The Story of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Movement. New York: Crowell, 1970.
Maldonado, Charlotte Nieto. César Chávez: Un Héroe Chicano. Berkeley, CA: Babel Productions, 1971. Easily read bilingual biography of César Chávez.
Mattheissen, Peter. "Profile, César Chávez." Keene, Calif.: El Taller Gráfico, United Farm Workers, 1969. Reprinted from the June 21 and June 28, 1969 issues of The New Yorker.
Mattheissen, Peter. Sal Si Puedes-Excape if You Can: Cesar Chavez and the New American Revolution. New York: Random House, 1970.
Meister, Dick, and Loftis, Anne. A Long time Coming: The Struggle to Unionize America´s Farm Workers. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1977.
Muller, Jean-Marie and Kalman, Jean. César Chávez: Un Combat Non-Violent. Paris: Fayard/LeCerf, 1977.
Pitrone, Jean Maddern. Chavez, Man of the Migrants. Staten Island, N.Y.: Alba House, 1971.
Redmond, Tim. "Cesar Chavez: The Pioneering Labor Leader Talks about the New Grape Boycott, Libel Suits and Organizing in the ´80s." The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol. 36(June 26-July 3, 1985).
Roberts, Donovan O. "Theory and Practice in the Life and Thought of Cesar E. Chavez: Implications for a Social Ethic." Ph.D. dissertation, Boston University, 1978.
Servín, Manuel P. The Mexican-Americans: An Awakening Minority. Beverly Hills: Glencoe Press, 1970. Shaw, Lee C. "Developments in Agricultural Labor Relations: National Seminar" Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Washington, D.C., 1973.
Steinbacher, John. Bitter Harvest. Whittier, Calif.: Orange Tree Press, 1970.
Taylor, Ronald B. Chavez and the Farm Workers: The Study of the Acquisition and the Use of Power. Boston: Beacon Press, 1975.
White, Florence Meiman. Cesar Chavez, Man of Courage. Champaign, Ill: Garrard Pub. Co., 1973.
Weigand, Steve. "Boycott By Mail: Cesar Goes High-Tech." California Journal, Vol. 16 4 (Apr. 1985).
Wright, Dale. They Harvest Despair. Boston: Beacon Press, 1965. Migrant labor in the East.
Yinger, Winthrop. "Cesar Chavez: The Rhetoric of Nonviolence." M.A. Thesis, Fresno State College, 1970.
Young, Jan. The Migrant Workers and Cesar Chavez. New York: Messner, 1972.
Zermeno, Andy and El Malcriado. "Don Sotaco: Cartoons from the Delano Strike." Delano, California: Farm Worker Press, 1966. (Also located in the Office of the President: Cesar Chavez Collection, Walter P. Reuther Library.)
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Part 2. Works from 1986 to 1999
FBI File on Cesar Chavez & United Farm Workers. microfilm, Wilmington, Del. Scholarly Resources, 1995?, 2 microfilm reels. Available at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202.
Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the FBI File on Cesar Chavez and the UFW. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 1996. Available at the Walter P. Reuther Library.
After 30 years, America's Continuing Harvest of Shame. Microfiche. Hearing before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One Hundred and First Congress, second session, April 24, 1990. For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., Washington, D.C., 1990. 288 p. Includes bibliographical references.
Bredeson, Carmen. Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners. Springfield, N.J.: Enslow, 1996. Collective biographies.
Calavita, Kitty. Inside the State: The Bracero Program, Immigration and the I.N.S.. New York: Routledge, 1992.
Cedeño, Maria E. Cesar Chavez: Labor Leader. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1993.
Davis, Lucile. Cesar Chavez A Photo-Illustrated Biography. Mankato (Minnesota): Catsone Press, 1998. Juvenile literature.
De Ruiz, Dana Catherine. La Causa: The Migrant Farmworker´s Story. Austin: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1993.
Edid, Maralyn. Farm Labor Organizing: Trends and Prospects. Ithaca: ILR Press-Cornell University, 1994.
Exposición de Libros Sobre Cultura Mexican-Norteamericana. "Catálago de la Exposición on de Libros Sobre Cultura Mexicano-Norteamericana: Organizada con Motivo de la Imposición de la Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca a los Sénores César Chávez, Américo Paredes y Julián Samora." Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones
Exteriores, 1990. Mexican-Americans; Bibliography; Exhibitions.
Falstein, Mark. Cesar Chavez. Paramus, N.J.: Globe Fearon, 1994.
Ferriss, Susan and Sandoval, Ricardo. The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Movement. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1997.
Gonzales, Doreen. Cesar Chavez: Leader for Migrant Farm Workers. Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1996. [Juvenile literature]
Griswold del Castillo, Richard. César Chávez: A Triumph of Spirit. With Richard A. Garcia. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995.
Hammerback, C. John and Jensen, J. Richard. The Rhetorical Career of César Chávez : Texas A&M University Press
Hammerback, C. John, Jensen, J. Richard and Gutierrez, Angel Jose. A War of Words: Chicano Protest in the 1960s and 1970s. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.
Higgins, Msgr. George F., with Bole, William. Organized Labor and the Church: Reflections of a Labor Priest. New York/Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press, 1993.
Jenkins, J. Craig. The Politics of Insurgency: The Farm Worker Movement in the 1960s. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985.
Jimenez, Edward Rucobo. "A Critical Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Cesar Chavez´s Death." M.A. Thesis, California State University, Fresno, 1995.
Kelly, Christine. Diversity in Public Communication: A Reader. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1994.
Maldonado, Carlos Saldivar. "The Longest Running Death in History: A History of Colegio Cesar Chavez, 1973-1983." Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Oregon, 1986. Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1987.
Ogletree, Charles J. "The Quiet Storm: The Rebellious Influence of César Chávez." Harvard Latino Law Review, Vol. 1 No. 1 (Fall, 1994).
Powers, Tom. Cesar Chavez. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Quercus, 1989. Biographies from American History.
Rocha Reynaga, Ricardo. Conversaciones Para Gente Grande. Col. Del Valle, México: Aguilar, 1993.
Rodriguez, Consuelo. César Chávez. New York: Chelsea House, 1991. Juvenile literature.
Rose, Margaret. "Women in the United Farm Workers: A Study of Chicana and Mexicana Participation in a Labor Union." Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles, 1989. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1990.
Rose, Margaret. "Traditional and Nontraditional Patterns of Female Activism in the United Farm Workers of America, 1962-1980." Frontiers, Vol. XI, 1(1990).
Ross, Fred. Conquering Goliath: Cesar Chavez at the Beginning. (Forward by Senator Edward M. Kennedy.) Keene, Calif.: United Farm Workers, El Taller Grafico, 1989.
U.S. Congress, House Committee on Education and Labor. Cesar Chavez Workplace Fairness Act. Text of House Committee report. Chicago, Ill.: Commerce Clearing House, 1993.
Viramontes, Helena Maria. Under the Feet of Jesus. New York: Penguin Books USA Inc., 1996. Fiction.
Zompetti, Joseph P. " César Chávez´s Rhetorical Strategies of Resistance." Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Communication, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan., 1998. 169pp.
Audio-Visual Resources
Bitter Harvest. [Film]. Produced by the BBC, ca. 1976. Chronicles the grape strike and boycott. Located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Cesar Chavez. [Cassette recording]. St. Paul: Minnesota Public Radio, 1973. Cesar speaks to the National Press Club about his efforts to organize the UFW and the fight to maintain his union´s representation against the Teamsters.
Cesar Chavez. [Video recording]. Bala Cynwyd, PA: Schlessinger Video Productions, 1995. [VHS]. Chronicles thirty years of effort to organize migrant farm workers in the struggle for justice without violence.
Cesar Chavez at City College of New York. [Cassette recording.] New York: Pacifica Programs, 1968.
Cesar Chavez at Cortland College. [1 videocassette, 60 min.]. After showing the film, The Wrath of Grapes, Cesar discusses the UFW´s campaign to curtail the use of pesticides in agriculture and improve the working conditions of agricultural laborers.
Cesar Chavez de Arizona. [Videorecording]. Executive producer, James Covarrubias. Friends and family of Cesar talk about his life and work in helping migrant farm laborers attain the dignity and rights they deserve. Ariztlan, Inc., Ariztlan, Arizona, 1993.
Cesar Chavez: Celebration of Life. [Videorecording]. Keene, Calif.: United Farm Workers of America, 1994. P.O. Box 62, Keene, CA 93531. Leon Corcos Enterprises.
¡Chicano!: The History of the Mexican American Farm Movement. [Videorecording]. Narrator, Henry Cisneros. Part 2, The Struggle in the Fields. A co-production of Galan Productions, Inc. and the National Latino Communications Center in association with KCET, Los Angeles. Series originally broadcast on PBS on April 12 and April 19, 1996. Examines Cesar´s early organizing of farm workers as well as the California Labor Relations Act.
Common Man Uncommon Vision. [1 videocassette]. Narrator, Martin Sheen. Produced by ZGS Communications, Arlington, VA., 1995. A moving account of the vision, philosophy, and life of Cesar Chavez.
The Farm Workers Fight On. New York: Encyclopedia Americana/CBS News Audio Resource Library, 1979.
The Fight in the Fields. [Videocassette]. Film by Ray Telles and Rick Tejada-Flores. Provides in-depth coverage of the life of Cesar Chavez and his struggles organizing agricultural migrant workers. Paradigm Productions Inc., 1997. [Located at the Walter P. Reuther Library.]
Fighting For Our Lives: The United Farm Workers' 1973 Grape Strike. Keene, CA: National Farm Workers Service Center, 1974. [Also located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.]
Harvest of Shame. Narrated by Edward R. Murrow. 55 mts. Classic documentary about the migrant worker. 2 parts. CBS Television Network, 1961. Shows the degradation and exploitation of millions of migratory farm workers in the U.S. Spokesmen for the groups present their views, both for and against the use of migratory workers under the conditions seen.
Harvest of Sorrow. [Videocassette]. Narrated by Martin Sheen. 1995. [Located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.]
¡Huelga! A film by Robert Merchasin and David Holden. [Videocassette]. Depicts the 300 mile protest march of the migrant farm workers from Delano to Sacramento, California. Narration in English, with songs and some dialogue in Spanish, 1966. [Available at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.]
Migrant. [Film]. NBC visits the scenes of Harvest of Shame again, and discovers that nothing has changed. 53 mts. New York, New York: NBC Educational Enterprises, 1970.
New Harvest, Old Shame. [Videocassette]. Directed and produced by Hector Galan. 59 mts. Originally broadcast on PBS on April 17, 1990 as a segment of the television series "Frontline." WGBH Educational Foundation. Discusses the poor living conditions of migrant farm workers in the U.S. Interviews conducted with workers, government officials and growers illustrate the lack of services available to migrant workers and the poverty that passes from generation to generation. A follow-up to a 1960 CBS special report that shows how little things have changed for the migrant workers in 30 years..
No Grapes. Narrated by Mike Farell. [Video] 13 minutes. Focuses on pesticide abuse and childhood cancer in California communities. (English and Spanish).
Nosotros Venceremos (We shall overcome). [Motion picture]. Made by Jon Lewis Ventures, 1971. An organizing tool for UFW members and their supporters. Presents still photographs of the Delano grape strike. Shows march to Sacramento, the fast of Cesar, and the first victory, all combined with songs and speeches.
Pilgrimage: A March for Justice [Video] 18 minutes. Retraces Chavez´s historic 350 mile march in 1966. Produced by the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, 1994. (English and Spanish).
¡Que Viva! [Videorecording]. Salinas, Calif.: Cypress Broadcasting, 1993. Executive producer, Polly Gonzalez, Director, Brent W. Calvin. Interviews with Luis Valdez, founder of El Teatro Campesino, and others who knew Cesar, together with footage from significant historical moments in the birth and growth of the UFW.
Si Se Puede. [Motion picture]. Film by Rick Tejada-Flores. National Farm Workers Service Center, 1973. Follows the activities of farm worker leader Cesar Chavez as he conducts an agricultural and political organizing campaign in Arizona. Includes views of the Yuma melon strike and of the visits of Senator George S. McGovern, Coretta Scott King, and Joan Baez.
Strawberries: The Fruit of Injustice. [Video] Produced by the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, 1996. (English and Spanish).
The Struggle. [Video recording]. Eugene Ore.: Jesus Nazareth Productions, 1980. The migrant series, pt. 3. Cameras, Paul Petock, Jesse Nazareth. Editors, Jesse Nazareth, R.W. Foss. A documentary about the Mexican-American migrant farm workers´ struggle for economic survival and better working conditions.
United Farm Workers of America: The Empowerment Project. [Videorecording]. Keene, Calif.: United Farm Workers of America, 1991. Narrator, Mike Farrell, Visuals, KQED, Toucan Productions. Cesar Chavez and others discuss the dangers and health hazards of five different pesticides currently used by California agriculture.
Viva La Causa. [Video recording]. United Church Board for Home Ministries Production. Keene, Calif.: National Farm Workers Service Center, 1970. [Located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.] The concept of union and community in action as illustrated by the Farm Worker Movement.
Viva La Causa: Songs and Sounds from the Delano Strike. [Record and cassette]. Delano, Calif.: Thunderbird Records, 1966. Recording was made on the 350 mile march, in the town of Thornton on the Sacramento River. Directed by Luis Valdez. [Record and cassette located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.]
Why We Boycott. [Motion picture]. 1 reel, 30 mts. 1974. A continuation of the farm workers' struggle; this time with the opposition of the Teamsters who had contracted with California growers. The problem is presented through actual confrontations among the two groups. [Located at the Walter P. Reuther Library.]
*The above bibliographic entries are registered with the Library of Congress and can be accessed at most academic and public libraries using OCLC. Not all of these entries are located at the Walter P. Reuther Library.
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