The Eagle Has Eyes
The FBI Surveillance of Cesar Estrada Chavez of the United Farm Workers Union of America, 1965-1975
Published on 1. March 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
478 pages
978-1-61186-307-9 (ISBN)
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 Eyes is a must-read for academics and activists alike.
Reviews / Votes
"Gutierrez is important because he does not write about history in translation. His voice balances many recent accounts on Chavez that are more about icon bashing than understanding the forces that wrecked the Chicano agenda. The Eagle Has Eyes is a major contribution."-RODOLFO F. ACUNA, Professor Emeritus and founder of Chicano and Chicana Studies at California State University, Northridge
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
East Lansing, MI
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
12
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61186-307-9 (9781611863079)
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Person
Jose Angel Gutierrez is a Professor Emeritus formerly at University of Texas at Arlington, where he founded the Center for Mexican American Studies. He maintains a law practice and is the President of the Greater Dallas Legal and Community Development Foundation.
Content
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Onomasticon
Chronology of key events
Chapter 1. The Target and the Architects of Oppression
Chapter 2. Hoover's "Commonist" of 1965
Chapter 3. The UFW Eagle Comes to the Lone Star State, 1966-1968
Chapter 4. The Arizona Battlefield, 1969-1972
Chapter 5. The Price of Leadership
Chapter 6. The Six-Year War with Teamsters
Chapter 7. End of Hoover and Nixon
Chapter 8. The Unraveling of Chavez
Epilogue. Chavez and the FBI Surveillance
Appendix 1. Methodology and Research Note
Appendix 2. Explanation of Exemptions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Onomasticon
Chronology of key events
Chapter 1. The Target and the Architects of Oppression
Chapter 2. Hoover's "Commonist" of 1965
Chapter 3. The UFW Eagle Comes to the Lone Star State, 1966-1968
Chapter 4. The Arizona Battlefield, 1969-1972
Chapter 5. The Price of Leadership
Chapter 6. The Six-Year War with Teamsters
Chapter 7. End of Hoover and Nixon
Chapter 8. The Unraveling of Chavez
Epilogue. Chavez and the FBI Surveillance
Appendix 1. Methodology and Research Note
Appendix 2. Explanation of Exemptions
Notes
Bibliography
Index