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The eagle has eyes : the FBI surveillance of César Estrada Chávez of the United Farm Workers Union of America, 1965-1975 / José Angel Gutiérrez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gutiérrez, José Angel, author.
- Series:
- Latinos in the United States series.
- Latinos in the United States
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993.
- Chavez, Cesar.
- United Farm Workers.
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- United States.
- Domestic intelligence--United States--History--20th century.
- Domestic intelligence.
- Labor unions--Political activity--United States--History.
- Labor unions.
- Civil rights--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- This book is the first of its kind to bring transparency to the FBI's attempts to destroy the incipient Chicano Movement of the 1960s. While the activities of the deep state are current research topics, this has not always been the case. The role of the U.S. government in suppressing marginalized racial and ethnic minorities began to be documented with the advent of the Freedom of Information Act and most recently by disclosures of whistle blowers. This book utilizes declassified files from the FBI to investigate the agency's role in thwarting Cesar E. Chavez's efforts to build a labor union for farm workers and documents the roles of the FBI, California state police, and local police in assisting those who opposed Chavez. Ultimately, The Eagle Has Eyes is a must-read for academics and activists alike.
- Contents:
- The target and the architects of oppression
- Hoover's "Commonist" of 1965
- The UFW Eagle comes to the Lone Star State, 1966-1968
- The Arizona battlefield and other violence, 1969-1972
- The price of leadership
- The six-year war with Teamsters
- End of Hoover and Nixon
- The unraveling of Chávez
- Epilogue : Chávez and the FBI.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (EBSCO, viewed on October 6, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 1-62895-350-0
- 1-60917-586-7
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