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Mississippi Agriculture in the Classroom

Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix

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Side By Side: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez

Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables. Then Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up. Together they motivated the workers to fight for their rights and, in the process, changed history.

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Monica Brown
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