please welcome miriam pawel. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> hi, miriam. >> hi, greg. thanks. can you hear me? yeah, okay, i'm on. >> i want to ask you something i feel that is really important. what brought you through the writing about cesar chavez? i know a lot of people here in texas know who he is, but then i was very surprised to learn that, recently, when the mexican film maker, diego luna, was having the premiere of his film on cesar chavez in austin at south by southwest, he took a walk, a stroll, down cesar chavez boulevard and asked people if they knew who cesar chavez was. some -- most of them said they felt he was the boxer, the mexican boxer. julio cesar chavez. or they thought he was julio cesar chavez jr., who is also a boxer. another answered, isn't he the venezuelan leader, hugo chavez? and several others said they thought he had something to do with the chicano movement. it surprised the filmmaker. why did you decide to write a full length book, after writing, what is it, a long series in the "los angeles times" about the unions, and then your recent book, "

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. >>> next on history bookshelf, miriam pawel discusses "the crusades of caesar chavez," chroniclingworkers co-founder. she also talks about the myths created about mr. chavez and the movement he led. this event is from the 2014 san antonio book festival. >> good morning. welcome. >> hola. >> today, we are very fortunate to have a very special guest with us.