In September 1965, Filipino and Mexican American farm workers went on strike against grape growers in and around Delano, California. More than a labor dispute, the strike became a movement for social justice that helped redefine Latino and American politics. The strike also catapulted its leader, Cesar Chavez, into prominence as one of the most celebrated American political figures of the twentieth century. More than forty years after its original publication, "Delano: The Story of the California Grape Strike", based on compelling first-hand reportage and interviews, retains both its freshness and its urgency in illuminating a moment of unusually significant social ferment.
- ISBN10 0374506965
- ISBN13 9780374506964
- Publish Date 31 December 1971
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Farrar Straus Giroux
- Edition Rev and Updated ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 202
- Language English