America's Social Arsonist
qA good organizer is a social arsonist who goes around setting people on fire.qaFred Ross Raised by conservative parents who hoped he would astay with his own kind, a Fred Ross instead became one of the most influential community organizers in American history. His activism began alongside Dust Bowl migrants, where he managed the same labor camp that inspired John Steinbeckas The Grapes of Wrath. During World War II, Ross worked for the release of interned Japanese Americans, and after the war, he dedicated his life to building the political power of Latinos across California. Labor organizing in this country was forever changed when Ross knocked on the door of a young Cesar Chavez and encouraged him to become an organizer. Until now there has been no biography of Fred Ross, a man who believed a good organizer was supposed to fade into the crowd as others stepped forward. In Americaas Social Arsonist, Gabriel Thompson provides a full picture of this complicated and driven man, recovering a forgotten chapter of American history and providing vital lessons for organizers today.aTranscriptaTraining, Florida UFW, 1974a75, a Box 34, Folder 15, Ross Papers. 24. Riverside ... Santa Ana School Board of Education meeting minutes, September 12, 1946, available online at Chapman University Digital Commons, http://digitalcommons. chapman.edu/mendez_v_westminster/12 (accessed October 1, 2015). 4. ... Interview with Hector Tarango, available online at Community Service Organization, www.csoproject.org/Histories.html (accessed January 8, 2014). 9. Ibid.
| Title | : | America's Social Arsonist |
| Author | : | Gabriel Thompson |
| Publisher | : | Univ of California Press - 2016-03-29 |
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