Posted by admin on April 12, 2011 under Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta Resources, Web links |
“Excerpt from a web page from The Cesar E. Chavez Foundation”
Cesar Estrada Chavez, Senator Robert F. Kennedy noted, was “one of the heroic figures of our time..”
A true American hero, Cesar was a civil rights, Latino, farm worker, and labor leader; a religious and spiritual figure; a community servant and social entrepreneur; a crusader for nonviolent social change; and an environmentalist and consumer advocate.
Read the complete article…
Posted by admin on April 7, 2011 under Clara Barton, Clara Barton Resources |
“There’s probably no better way to learn about the historic woman who founded the American Red Cross than to visit Clara Barton’s house in Glen Echo, Md., near Washington.”
… thus begins a new article you might enjoy:
Historic Woman: ‘Battlefield Angel’ Clara Barton
Monday, March 28, 2011
By Moira E. McLaughlin, The Washington Post
Read the complete article at: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11087/1135006-369.stm#ixzz1Ir5SD64n