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Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Examines events that led to the Delano Grape Strike from 1965 through 1970, discussing low wages, dangerous working conditions, the leadership of Cesar Chavez, the United States Farmworkers Union, and other related topics.--[source unknown]
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
In the spring of 1989, university students in Beijing grabbed world headlines with a courageous stand against decades of Communist authoritarian rule in China. Thousands and then millions of students and workers from all over China gathered on the city's Tiananmen Square to support demands for democracy, clean government, and increased personal freedoms.