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LeRoy Chatfield, "Twenty Sidebars" 2009

Cesar Chavez and his farmworker movement was the major story, my sidebars are sidelights of that story – mere incidentals. Some of these essays are about my role in the movement, some are about the events themselves and others are about people I met. All are arranged in chronological order.

• Meeting Cesar Chavez 1963
• Brother Gilbert’s Appeal Letter 1965
• The John Birch Society Unmasks Brother Gilbert 1966
• “Stop the Grapes” on the San Francisco Docks 1966
• Jimmy Herman 1966
• A Labor Union Attorney Talks To Larry Itliong 1966
• Assemblyman John Burton Talks To Tiny 1966
• The NFWA Strike Fund 1966
• Kern County Courthouse Cathedral 1968
• La Paz: United Farm Workers Headquarters 1969
• Growers Response to Open Letter From Cesar Chavez 1969
• Irwin DeShetler’s View of Union Contract Language 1969
• "Thank You, Betsy Goldman" 1970
• Chiquita Banana 1970
• Farmworker-Style Political Action 1970
• Arizona Fast 1972
• A Boycott Story 1973
• Chatfield’s Account of the Passage of the ALRA 1975
• "Well, What Did You Learn From Cesar?” 1993
• Funeral Eulogy for Cesar Chavez 1993

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