Simple text and photographs depict the life of the Mexican American labor leader who achieved justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights.
Examines the life of the Mexican American labor organizer who demanded rights for migrant farm workers.
The Importance of (Importance of)
by Corinne J Naden, Karen D. Povey, E Barter James, and Mona Hill
Mandela (World History Biographies) (National Geographic World History Biographies)
by Ann Kramer
Nelson Mandela comes to life in this portrait of a diplomatic man whose commitment to freedom gained him both the Nobel Peace Prize and Time's Man of the Year honor. The son of a Thembu chief in South Africa, Mandela began his life-long campaign against white colonial rule while a college student. Kramer's eloquent, yet approachable text describes the leader's dedication to nonviolence, his role in the African National Congress and his arrest in 1962 for sabotage and conspiracy. During his 27 ye...
Who? What? Why?: Who is Donald Trump? (Who? What? Why?)
by Julia Adams
A clear, factual and accessible guide to the 45th President of the USA and his time in office.On 8 November 2016, some 130 million people in the USA cast their vote to decide who should become their next President. The candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, had fought a campaign that had divided their country more than any previous election. The resulting Trump presidency would not only affect the citizens of the USA, but billions of people around the world. Aimed at tweens and teens, thi...
An easy-to-read biography of the man who was a publisher, inventor, scientist, and one of the authors of the Declaration of Independence.
The reference value of every book in this se ries, of which Civil Rights Leaders is a part, is greatly en hanced by the inclusion of chronologies & further reading li sts & a concise introduction to the general subject of the b ook. '
Mitt Romney (Political Profiles (Morgan Reynolds Library))
by David Aretha
Jeanne Kirkpatrick (American Women of Achievement S.)
by Pat Harrison
A biography of the woman who taught political science at Georgetown University and served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations during the Reagan administration.
Jesse Ventura (A & E Biography (Pb)) (Biography (Lerner Hardcover))
by Keith Greenberg and Keith Elliot Greenberg
A biography of the former professional wrestler and radio talk show host who in 1998 became the governor of Minnesota.
Yasser Arafat (Biographies of Arab World Leaders)
by Holly Cefery
A biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian leader who led his country to freedom from British rule through his policy of nonviolent resistance.
Akhenaten and Tutankhamen (Leaders of the Ancient World)
by Zoe Lowery
"Presents the biography of Eva Perón against the backdrop of her political, historical, and cultural environment"--Provided by publisher.