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The Eagle Has Eyes: The FBI Surveillance of César Estrada Chávez of the United Farm Workers Union of America, 1965–1975

By José Angel Gutiérrez

Book information

Publisher
Michigan State University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
1611863074, 9781611863079
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2745983 bytes)
Series
Latinos in the United States
Pages
384\0
Time added
2019-03-18 21:49:46

Description

This book is the first of its kind to bring transparency to the FBI’s attempts to destroy the incipient Chicano Movement of the 1960s. While the activities of the deep state are current research topics, this has not always been the case. The role of the U.S. government in suppressing marginalized racial and ethnic minorities began to be documented with the advent of the Freedom of Information Act and most recently by disclosures of whistle blowers. This book utilizes declassified files from the FBI to investigate the agency’s role in thwarting Cesar E. Chavez’s efforts to build a labor union for farm workers and documents the roles of the FBI, California state police, and local police in assisting those who opposed Chavez. Ultimately,The Eagle Has Eyesis a must-read for academics and activists alike.

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