To march for others : the black freedom struggle and the United Farm Workers / Lauren Araiza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Araiza, Lauren.

Series:

Politics and culture in modern America.

Politics and culture in modern America

Politics and Culture in Modern America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Farm Workers of America--History--20th century.

United Farm Workers of America.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Relations with Mexican Americans--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Mexican American agricultural laborers--Civil rights--History--20th century.

Mexican American agricultural laborers.

United States--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

United States.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1966, members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, an African American civil rights group with Southern roots, joined Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers union on its 250-mile march from Delano to Sacramento, California, to protest the exploitation of agricultural workers. SNCC was not the only black organization to support the UFW: later on, the NAACP, the National Urban League, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Black Panther Party backed UFW strikes and boycotts against California agribusiness throughout the late 1960's and early 1970's.To March for Others explores the reasons why black activists, who were committed to their own fight for equality during this period, crossed racial, socioeconomic, geographic, and ideological divides to align themselves with a union of predominantly Mexican American farm workers in rural California. Lauren Araiza considers the history, ideology, and political engagement of these five civil rights organizations, representing a broad spectrum of African American activism, and compares their attitudes and approaches to multiracial coalitions. Through their various relationships with the UFW, Araiza examines the dynamics of race, class, labor, and politics in twentieth-century freedom movements. The lessons in this eloquent and provocative study apply to a broader understanding of political and ethnic coalition building in the contemporary United States.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. This Is How a Movement Begins

CHAPTER 2. To Wage Our Own War of Liberation

CHAPTER 3. Consumers Who Understand Hunger and Joblessness

CHAPTER 4. More Mutual Respect Than Ever in Our History

CHAPTER 5. A Natural Alliance of Poor People

Conclusion

NOTES

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780812224030

0812224035

9780812208832

0812208838

OCLC:

866620468