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One night in America : Robert Kennedy, César Chávez, and the dream of dignity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bender, Steven
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, CO : Paradigm Publishers, [2008]
Subjects:
United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980.
Kennedy, Robert F., > 1925-1968 > Friends and associates.
Chavez, Cesar, > 1927-1993 > Friends and associates.
Mexican American agricultural laborers > California > History > 20th century.
Mexican Americans > California > Social conditions.
Table of 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.