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Strike!

by Larry Dane Brimner

Ages: 14+

Published: 2014

Publisher: Calkins Creek/Highlights

ISBN: 978-1-59078-997-1

Keywords: Civil Rights, Mexican Americans

This account of the California grape strike led by Mexican American César Chávez and Filipino Larry Itliong also explores the rise and fall of the United Farm Workers of America.