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Peer reviewedGarza de Cortes, Oralia – MultiCultural Review, 1995
Evaluates biographies of Cesar Chavez for children and teenagers and provides descriptions of recent books on the children of migrant farm workers. The books, mostly published in the 1990s, cover Chavez's rise as a farm worker activist and include several new works that address the social history of Chavez and the farm workers' struggle. (GR)
Descriptors: Activism, Adolescent Literature, Biographies, Books
Johnston, Robert L. – Migration World, 1988
Summarizes the findings and recommendations of "Una Vida Dura" ("A Hard Life"), a 1988 study by Charles Kyle and others, that criticizes the services provided to migrant farm workers in Illinois by the Catholic Church. (FMW)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Church Programs, Church Role, Economically Disadvantaged
