autobiography causa de chavez cesar jacques levy (14 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.33.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.33.

Etat : Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Etat : Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

hardcover. Etat : Good. First edition. Good condition without dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar sleeve so reflections are present in the photos above. Dust jacket is age toned. Mild bump to the lower corner of the front board. Includes a vintage donation card to the United Farm Workers Union/AFL-CIO. No remainder mark, names, notes, underlining or highlighting. p4.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Red cloth titled in gilt. First edition stated with full number line. Inscribed to the half title page by Chavez in 1976. Spine ends pushed, points slightly bumped, mild insecting to cloth, small scrape to ffep. Front hinge a bit loose. The DJ in mylar is slightly chipped, creased to flap. ; 9.2 X 5.9 X 1.6 inches; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition 1st Printing. Signed by author "best wishes Caesar Chavez 12/2/77 Chicago" on half title page. Light soiling to outer top edge of pages. Dust jacket has five half inch tears and associated creases some chipping and edgewear. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1975, First edition. Dedication page inscribed by César Chávez. 4to; 546 pp. Red cloth boards, gilt lettered spine, black and white photos and illustrations, color illustrated dust jacket, bottom front flap corner clipped, mylar protective sleeve, designed by Judith Kazdym Leeds. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Provenance: Myrtle Banks (1919- ), African American Labor Unionist, Oakland, CA. César Chávez (1927-1993), American Labor Leader. Myrtle Banks (MB) memorabilia and photographs, archival data held at Cornell University, titled UFWOC & Grape Strike of 1974, suggest MB met César Chávez (CC) two years before the book's inscription (BI). (ILGWU) Two days prior to the BI, KQED News report, September 20, 1976, CC was on a college campus in support of Proposition 14, San Francisco (SF) Bay Area, MB s local region. (KQED) CC came to SF often where he could rely upon a stronghold of community support, Latinos, radicals, unionists, and other progressives. (Drew) A day after the BI, CC led a rally at Salinas High School Auditorium at 6:30 p.m., September 23, 1976. (Californian) Resultant inference, CC and MB encountered each other again, in the SF Bay Area, at one of many push Proposition 14 campaign rallies in-between the events above, as chronicled in the BI, "to Myrtle Banks - best personal wishes - César Chávez - 9/22/76 - Sacto". End notes and references: 1)Biographical / Historical: (1919) MB was born in North Little Rock, AK. (1946) She began work in California s (CA) garment industry, and became a member of the Dressmakers Union Local 101 in SF. (1961) After 15 years working as a garment worker, for a time, served as shop steward at Koret of CA in SF, and she became a ILBGWU business agent. (1984) MB retired from her position as business representative in the Pacific Northwest District Council. Throughout her career, MB served as Chair of the Alameda County Chapter of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Vice President of the Alameda County Civil Service Commission, and Trustee of the SF Joint Board. 2) Box 1 Folder 20 UFWOC & Grape Strike 1974. Source: ILGWU MB Memorabilia and Photographs, P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library. Accessed July 5, 2025. 3)MB, Chairman, Alameda Co. A.P.R.I., 302 Pacific Bldg. / 610 16th St, Oakland, CA 94612, Ph. (415) 465-8033-4. Source: APRI Chapters Gear Up for 74 Elections, CA AFL-CIO News, Vol. 17-No. 8, February 22, 1974. 4) KQED News report from September 20th 1976 featuring a speech by CC on a college campus in support of Proposition 14, Source: Chávez Speech on Proposition 14, KQED News, 20 September 1976. 5) Cesar came to the City often, where he could rely upon a strong supportive community of Latinos, radicals, unionists, and other progressives. Source: Drew, Jesse. CC and SF. Historical Essay. found sf. Accessed July 5, 2025. 6) Teamster endorsement was disclosed with word from UFW s Salinas office that CC, UFW director, will be in Salinas tomorrow for a 6:30 p.m. rally at Salinas High School Auditorium to push Proposition 14. Source: Californian (Salinas), Volume 105, Number 228, 22 September 1976.

In the writing of this biography, Jacques E. Levy was given almost unlimited access to Chavez for nearly six years. Levy traveled and worked with Chavez, interviewed him, and spent time with his family, friends, and other contemporary civil rights activists. The documents and recordings accumulated by Levy during the writing of this biography are now housed in the Jacques E. Levy Research Collection on Cesar Chavez at YaleÕs Beinecke Library. 564 pp. PublisherÕs red cloth. Inscribed by Cesar Chavz: ÒTo Michael Thompson / Viva la causa! / Cesar Chavez / 1-24-84 / La Paz [Mexico].Ó Fine in the publisherÕs dust jacket. First edition, second printing, of the only authorized biography of Chavez (1927 Ð 1993).

First edition, early printing of this biography of the famous labor activist. Octavo, original cloth, photographic endpapers, illustrated with 33 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Chavez on the half-title page, "To Peter Carlson, best wishes Cesar Chavez 4/25/84." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds. Jacket photograph by Jacques E. Levy. "In his 66 years Chávez succeeded on many levels. His greatest concern was improving the conditions of men, women, and children who worked in the fieldsâ"a life he had shared⦠Chávez also inspired the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s. Politicized by la causa, the farm workers' cause, el movimiento mobilized farm worker families, middle-class Latino organizations, Mexican-American high school and college students, and activist Chicanas to demand their rights and embrace a new sense of cultural pride. Through his message of nonviolence, fairness, and respect, Chávez also reached beyond the Mexican-American community, the second largest minority in the United States, to involve middle-class Anglos and other races in a cross-class and cross-race alliance for social justice. Recognizing the significance of Chávez as a leader of the Mexican-American community and as a national advocate for peaceful social change, President Clinton presented the nation's highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, posthumously to his widow, Helen Chávez, in 1994" (ANB). To Robert F. Kennedy, Chávez was "one of the heroic figures of our time'" (New York Times). Levy's richly detailed biography of Chávez won early praise as an "exceptionally interesting and intimate oral history" (Nation).

First edition of this biography of the famous labor activist. Octavo, original cloth, photographic endpapers, illustrated with 33 pages of photographs. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by Chavez on the half-title page, "To Marian Schroeder personal best wishes on this Christmas season Peace Cesar Chavez 12/15/78 LA PAZ." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds. Jacket photograph by Jacques E. Levy. "In his 66 years Chávez succeeded on many levels. His greatest concern was improving the conditions of men, women, and children who worked in the fieldsâ"a life he had shared⦠Chávez also inspired the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s. Politicized by la causa, the farm workers' cause, el movimiento mobilized farm worker families, middle-class Latino organizations, Mexican-American high school and college students, and activist Chicanas to demand their rights and embrace a new sense of cultural pride. Through his message of nonviolence, fairness, and respect, Chávez also reached beyond the Mexican-American community, the second largest minority in the United States, to involve middle-class Anglos and other races in a cross-class and cross-race alliance for social justice. Recognizing the significance of Chávez as a leader of the Mexican-American community and as a national advocate for peaceful social change, President Clinton presented the nation's highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, posthumously to his widow, Helen Chávez, in 1994" (ANB). To Robert F. Kennedy, Chávez was "one of the heroic figures of our time'" (New York Times). Levy's richly detailed biography of Chávez won early praise as an "exceptionally interesting and intimate oral history" (Nation).

First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Fermin my brother in solidarity in our union cause! Cesar Chavez. 1-18-1977. Phoenix." 8vo. 546 pp. Index. Photo-reproductions. Red cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. Small postage stamp of Chavez taped on ffep; front hinge cracking; else near fine in near fine dustjacket (lower front flap corner clipped; $12.95 price upper corner). Three 8" x 10" black & white prints of Chavez laid in. The inscribee probably refers to Fermin "Fred" Ross Sr. who was the person who drew Chávez into grassroots organizing. Without Ross's influence, Chávez himself said he might never have gone into full-time activism. The authorized autobiography of farm labor leader Cesar Chavez that was published just as the Farm Workers Union was winning labor contracts with California growers. Chavez was a Mexican American labor leader and civil rights activist who dedicated his life's work to what he called 'La Causa' (the cause): the struggle of farm workers in the United States to improve their working and living conditions through organizing and negotiating contracts with their employers. Along with Dolores Huerta, Chavez co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union. A controversial figure, UFW critics raised concerns about Chavez's autocratic control of the union, the purges of those he deemed disloyal, and the personality cult built around him, while farm-owners considered him a communist subversive. He became an icon for organized labor and leftist groups in the U.S. and posthumously became a "folk saint" among Mexican Americans.