LeRoy Chatfield is a former organizer who worked with Cesar Chavez to get union recognition for California farmworkers, created a Saturday school educational enrichment program for farmworker children in Bakersfield, managed the Northern California general election campaign for Jerry Brown, and built the largest volunteer charitable organization in Sacramento. Jorge Mariscal is a professor emeritus of Spanish and Chicano/a literature at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Brown-Eyed Children of the Sun: Lessons from the Chicano Movement, 1965-1975 (UNM Press).
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A detailed look at the interior motivations and structures of early activism and Chicano political movements, rather than an outside perspective.--Patrick Diepen, Panhandle-Plains Historical Review Showcases a life dedicated to equality of opportunity for all that will inspire and guide readers in their quest for a fairer and more just society.--Micah Andrew's Bookshelf, Midwest Book Review The great advantage of this book is that it provides Chatfield's firsthand account of so many of the key farmworker movement events. . . . LeRoy Chatfield's remarkable life deserved a written accounting.--Randy Shaw, American Catholic Studies