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One night in America : Robert Kennedy, César Chávez, and the dream of dignity
Title:
One night in America : Robert Kennedy, César Chávez, and the dream of dignity
Author:
Bender, Steven.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boulder, CO : Paradigm Publishers, [2008]

©2008
Physical Description:
xii, 243 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
A friendship cut short -- Viva (John) Kennedy -- Viva la huelga -- César's fast and deeds of love -- Viva (Bobby) Kennedy -- One night in America -- The dream of dignity survives -- Aftermath -- Viva la causa : rural Latinos and the farm worker movement -- Viva la raza : urban Latinos and the Chicano movement -- Vietnam and Mexican Americans : patriotism and protest -- Latinos and poverty -- Immigration : walls and wages -- Lessons from 1968 : Latino politics today -- Latinos and national politics -- Mexican Americans and the Catholic Church -- Mexican Americans and the civil rights movement -- Looking ahead : the future of the Democratic Party and immigration reform.
ISBN:
9781594514289

9781594514296
Format :
Book