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Essays by Author

The essays are arranged in chronological order, according to the author's years of service in the farmworker movement. No essay submitted to the Documentation Project was rejected, and none were edited for content, length, voice or tone.

To access an essay, please click on the headings with an x next to the title. That will display the list of essays. Then click on the author's name to launch a pdf. To read a short bio sketch about the author, please use the link to access Author Bios.

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Essays by UFW Volunteers

These essays - written by farmworker strikers and outside volunteers - are first hand accounts by those who helped to build the farmworker movement.

1960s

1970s

1980s

Other Essays

These essays or reprints provide commentary about Cesar Chavez and his farmworker movement. Writers include: UFW volunteers and a reporter, priest, theologian, filmmaker, academic, and legal scholar.

Poetry

This poetry section is a welcome addition to the Documentation Project and will certainly be expanded in future updates.

Cesar Chavez Papers

Cesar Chavez was an inspirational and patient teacher. He had the ability, the intellectual acumen, and the life-experience necessary to explain complex matters in everyday language. Chavez wrote little but communicated much.

Manuscripts

This section is devoted to as-yet-unpublished journals, memoirs and dissertations relating to some aspect of the farmworker movement.

Mike Miller Archive

This section has been moved to the Archives page. View it here.

Books Out-of-Print

The text of these out-of-print books is provided here solely for non-profit educational, historical and research purposes.. Any unauthorized commercial use of this material is prohibited.

Appendices

This section has been moved to the Archives page. View it here.

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