The Fight in the Fields:
Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Mov

By Susan Ferriss and Ricardo Sandoval

Cesar Chavez's life and work transformed American society, and his name is synonymous with the struggle of American migrant farmworkers for dignity and justice. Yet he was also a complex man who often frustrated his co-workers. In the years before his death in 1993, the UFW was often divided by conflicts. At once intimate portrait and social history, The Fight in the Fields chronicles both the triumphs and the crises and provides a moving testament to the enduring importance of Chavez and his legacy.