When my family migrated from New México to California in the late 1960s, César E. Chávez was in the midst of his crusade to gain labor rights for the farm workers who made fortunes for grape growers ...

Prologue : the car pool -- The founding. The territory -- The work itself -- Childhood as destiny -- The lay Catholic activist -- The alchemist -- The organizer in Oxnard -- Climbing the fence -- A ...

The Grape Strike : September 1965-July 1970. Huelga ; Showdown at DiGiorgio ; Out of the fields, into the streets ; The fast ; Please don't eat grapes ; Making history -- Growing pains : August ...

Share By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read Matt Garcia is the author of From the Jaws of Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement . Evan Kleiman host 'Good ...

Macario Villanueva, a migrant farmworker who fought for fair pay and better working conditions alongside civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, died Sunday in Alamo. He was 101. Born in Villa de Guadalupe, ...

In Graton, migrant indigenous Chatino workers from Oaxaca live under tarps next to a field of wine grapes. Their cultural practices and family ties helped them support each other while looking for ...