Malcolm X's local connections listed on the Michigan Historical website.
This week the installation of the compact shelving begins, which involves drilling. We expect it to be very noisy and dusty. If you want to see pictures of the work as it progresses, check out our pictures on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=232367&id=20041788008.
Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social cancels annual summer institute in response to SB 1070; pledges to "work with organizers in any state that passes legislation or ballot propositions that promote xenophobia, homophobia, sexism, racism, and classism."
69 posters (as of 5/12/10) on the anti-immigrant sentiments in Arizona sparked by Governor Jan Brewer's signing of
SB1070.
The Michigan Civil Rights Commission voted to adopt a report examining the conditions faced by migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Michigan. The report is the result of a 2009 investigation which included testimony from farmworkers and other interested parties.
The Report along with Recommendations and an Executive Summary are available on the Department's website.
Recent Additions to the
Cesar E. Chavez Collection
MSU Library
Winter 2010-1·
IMMIGRATION
Redfield, Robert, Patricia Arias, and Jorge Durand. Mexicanos En Chicago : Diario De Campo De Robert Redfield, 1924-1925. Migración. 1. ed. [Guadalajara, Mexico]
[Lagos de Moreno, Mexico]; [San Luis Potosí, Mexico]; México: Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades de la Universidad de Guadalajara ; Centro Universitario de los Lagos de la Universidad de Guadalajara ; Editorial Colegio de San Luis ; Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en...
Recent Additions to the
Cesar E. Chavez Collection
AND
Select titles from the Latino Collection
In the Special Collections Library
At the Michigan State University Libraries
Spring 2010-1
Civil Rights
Orozco, Cynthia. No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed : The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. 1st ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009
E184.M5 O775 2009
Mexican Americans Civil rights History 20th century.
League of United Latin American Citizens History.
Order of Sons of America History....
Cesar Chavez Day is on Wednesday, March 31, 2010.
and commemorates the life of César Estrada Chávez. It serves as a tribute to his commitment to social justice and respect for human dignity.
ALLENDALE
Dolores Huetra, co-founder of the UFW and president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation will speak on Wednesday, March 31, in the Cook-DeWitt Center following the annual Cesar Chavez silent march.
For additional information see: http://www1.gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=1F81B22F-A455-D166-57792D...
***THE MSU LIBRARIES CANNOT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON...
The MSU Libraries has a large amount of material about Cesar E. Chavez and his work with the United Farm Workers union in various formats. It acquires books, photographs, microfilm, posters, newsclippings, audio, video and online data as well as databases with access to online articles, speeches, etc. that pertain to Chavez and his work.
Most university online catalogs provide access to information about Cesar E. Chavez by using the same search terms. For the following search types, use the suggested sequence of words:
By Chavez or Chavez as Co-author:
Author search...
The UFW commemorates the 17th year of Chavez's passing by taking action for Giumarra workers with a fast.