To this tape. So that was for me sums up a lot of the remarkable speaking about the man in writing the book. Did you research the role that san antonio played in the United Farmworkers Movement . I did interview the head of the texas farmworkers and there were some information about him in the book. I do deal in the book with the degree to which arizona and texas independent organizations formed and try to function. Chavez basically undercut them in a lot of ways by making sure they didnt get funding so there is a battle, theres a turf battle because he wanted to be the sole voice for farmworkers. Ultimately the idea was that it would be national union. That was the goal but they could never effectively run California Well enough to expand. And then the efforts in texas and arizona. The texas farmworkers had a Hunger Strike at the capital in 1978 and they also had a march to washington which i believe you are familiar with. At the time i remember speaking to antonio and he said they wa
Brilliant filmmaker and penny was obviously that. It really has come from a study study have you all seen this American Hustle . Wow, its a good movie. Its a good movie. I think that is what really carries the thing. I just want to really tell you how and i would dont speak for mary, i speak for mary to be honored to be at this press club and we are honored and we are very proud of the book and we are very glad that we could share this with you all and i want to thank the press club for doing this. And we are surprised at who is going to come out on a saturday afternoon in the rain so thank you, thank you, thank you. So could i have one final who dat . [applause] well booktv is on location at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in washington d. C. We are joined by the undersecretary of the smithsonian, Richard Kurin u. S. A new book out the smithsonians history of america in 101 objects. First of all, mr. Kurin what is your day job . A great question, peter. My day job is helpin
Miriam pawel 11 is the former pulitzer prizewinning editor who has spent 25 years working at a news they and the Los Angeles Times. Her book the crusades of cesar chavez is the First Comprehensive biography of the iconic charismatic leader. She has also written the union of their dreams, a widely acclaimed and nuanced history of the united farm workers movement. She recently received a National Endowment for the humanity fellowship to support her work on the chavez biography. Please welcome miriam pawel. [applause] can you hear me . Okay. I want to ask you something i feel is really important. What brought you through the writing about cesar chavez. A lot of people in texas know who he is but then i was very surprised to learn that recently when the mexican filmmaker diego will do not was having the premier of his film on chavez, he took a walk, a stroll down cesar chavez boulevard, and asked if they knew who cesar chavez was. Most of them said they felt he was the boxer, the mexican b
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