Författare: Maurice Jourdane

Maurice ”Mo” Jourdane, author of The Struggle for the Health and Legal Protection of Farm Workers: El Cortito (Arte Público Press, 2004), was a young staff attorney of the California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) organization that helped to protect farm worker rights through federally supported legal intervention during the early years of César Chévez”s United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC). His work at CRLA Helped secure several of the farm worker”s most significant victories in their campaign for justice during the nation”s civil rights gains of the 1960″s and 1970″s.