- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Conversations across “Our America”
- <i>Al Norte</i> toward Home
- Reshaping the Rural Heartland
- Mexican Workers and Life in South Chicago
- Latina/o Immigration before 1965
- Not Just Laborers
- Spanish Language and Education in the Midwest
- Contesting the Myth of Uncaring
- Latina/o Studies and Ethnic Studies in the Midwest
- The Black Angel
- History in Drag
- El Museo del Norte
- Religious Migrants
- The Young Lords Organization in Chicago
- <i>¡Viva La Causa!</i> in Iowa
- Work, Coalition, and Advocacy
- Reconfiguring Documentation
- Afterword
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
- Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest
- Production Credits
¡Viva La Causa! in Iowa
¡Viva La Causa! in Iowa
- Chapter:
- (p.232) ¡Viva La Causa! in Iowa
- Source:
- The Latina/o Midwest Reader
- Author(s):
Janet Weaver
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
This chapter explores how Mexican Americans in Iowa supported the national boycott of California table grapes in the 1960s while concurrently fighting for the rights of Tejano migrant workers employed seasonally in Iowa’s agricultural industry. Their advocacy for legislative change through community-based coalitions illuminates the collaborative efforts of members of organizations such as migrant agencies, unions, and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in securing passage of Iowa’s first migrant worker legislation.
Keywords: Iowa, Grape boycott, LULAC, Mexican Americans, Picketing, Cesar Chavez, Legislation, Harold Hughes, John Terronez, Migrant workers
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Conversations across “Our America”
- <i>Al Norte</i> toward Home
- Reshaping the Rural Heartland
- Mexican Workers and Life in South Chicago
- Latina/o Immigration before 1965
- Not Just Laborers
- Spanish Language and Education in the Midwest
- Contesting the Myth of Uncaring
- Latina/o Studies and Ethnic Studies in the Midwest
- The Black Angel
- History in Drag
- El Museo del Norte
- Religious Migrants
- The Young Lords Organization in Chicago
- <i>¡Viva La Causa!</i> in Iowa
- Work, Coalition, and Advocacy
- Reconfiguring Documentation
- Afterword
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
- Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest
- Production Credits
