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Description
First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into haves and have nots evolves a drama that is intensely human...
2) The most costly journey: stories of migrant farmworkers in Vermont, drawn by New England cartoonists
Publisher
Vermont Folklife Center
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Most Costly Journey is a non-fiction comics anthology of stories told by migrant Latin American farmworkers working on dairy farms in Vermont, and drawn in collaboration with cartoonists from New England (& elsewhere). It is part of a graphic medicine and ethnographic cartooning initiative aimed at addressing the mental health care needs of migrant workers on Vermont dairy farms. The volume features 19 comics adapted from stories recorded from...
3) Hard row
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English
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"As Judge Deborah Knott presides over a case involving a barroom brawl, it becomes clear that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are simmering just below the surface in the North Carolina countryside"--Provided by publisher.
4) Scarecrow
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Dr. Jo Banks mysteries volume 1
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English
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Briefly departing from her Doctor Fenimore stories, Robin Hathaway brings readers Dr. Jo Banks, a young female doctor practicing in Manhattan. When a little patient dies, Banks blames herself. Unable to face her life, she runs, leaving her lover, driving away from New York and through New Jersey without a destination on the highway or in her life. She stops at a motel, and that evening is called upon to treat a woman taken suddenly ill.
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9) Cesar Chavez
Publisher
Pantelion, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The story of the famed civil rights leader and labor organizer torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to people. He inspired millions of Americans who never worked on a farm to fight for social justice. His triumphant journey is a remarkable testament to the power of one individual's...
13) The braceros
Publisher
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"World War II created a huge demand for American farm products. But the war also caused vast numbers of farm workers to abandon the fields, either to join the military or seek work in the cities. The solution would be a unique contract-worker agreement between the United States and Mexico -- the Bracero Program."--Container.
Series
Voices from the periphery volume Bk. 1
Publisher
Human Rights Coalition of Jackson County
Pub. Date
2002
Language
Español
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17) Dolores
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century--and she continues to fight to this day, at 87.
18) Cesar Chavez
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Chelsea Juniors
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
A biography of the union activist who led the struggle of migrant farm workers for better working conditions.
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