tell us how their lives and their role fits into latino-american history. you know, cesar chavez is such a celebrated man. his own postage stamp, a huge auditorium at the department of labor dedicated in his name with a large portrait of cesar there. i wanted to spend a little more time in the book with deloris, who s still alive and kicking in her 80s. she outruns people half and a third of her age. she was the one who was negotiating contracts with the growers, who didn t want to do business with any mexican, much less a woman. she was totally busting down barriers both inside her community and outside the community. you know, it wasn t that easy for these mexican migrant workers to know that their fate was somewhat in the hands of a woman as well. there was a lot of chauvinism on both sides of the negotiating table. and ray, in politics you hear