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The power of one : the story of the Border Angels / by Enrique Morones ; with Richard Griswold del Castillo.

Title
The power of one : the story of the Border Angels / by Enrique Morones ; with Richard Griswold del Castillo.
Author
Morones, Enrique
Publication
San Diego, Calif. : San Diego State University Press, 2012.

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Griswold del Castillo, Richard
Description
165 pages : photographs; 23 cm
Summary
"In the American Southwest and its borderlands, no other social justice advocate has made a greater impact on the lives of undocumented workers than Enrique Morones. In The Power of One, Morones tells his own story (with noted Chicano historian Richard Griswold del Castillo) and the result is a book that unfolds as the singular memoir of someone who took the chance to make a difference--a brave activist who, with his organization, the Border Angels, saves the lives of legions of sojourners, brave, desperate travelers who attempt to cross the hot, beautiful, and dangerous deserts that fuse the United States and Mexico."--
Subject
  • Morones, Enrique
  • Border Angels (Organization)
  • Foreign workers, Mexican > Mexican-American Border Region > Social conditions
  • Humanitarian assistance > Mexican-American Border Region
  • Noncitizens > Mexican-American Border Region > Social conditions
  • Illegal immigration > Mexican-American Border Region
  • Undocumented Immigrants
  • Illegal aliens
  • Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
  • Foreign workers, Mexican > Social conditions
  • Humanitarian assistance
  • Noncitizens > Social conditions
  • Noncitizens
  • Mexico > Social aspects
  • United States > Social aspects
  • Mexico
  • North America > Mexican-American Border Region
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction / Richard Griswold del Castillo -- Border stories : the power of one -- Growing up on the border -- Becoming a full-time activist -- The birth of the Border Angels -- Marcha Migrante -- National politics and the Border Angels -- Friendship Park -- Water in the desert -- Immigrants and human rights -- Appendix A. Juana's letter -- Appendix B. Partial list of immigrants who have died crossing the U.S. Mexico border 1994-2007 -- Appendix C. Myths and realities about Mexican immigration -- Appendix D. Silent epigraphs -- Postscript.
ISBN
  • 187969199X
  • 9781879691995
OCLC
851595234
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library