VOICES FR0M THE BORDER THE BRACERO LEGACY from agriculture contracts Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 10 min 23 sec ✓ Published: 22-Sep-2017
Description: Voices from the Border: The Bracero Legacy explores the experiences of men who came to the United States as part of the bilateral guest worker program between 1942-1964. In response to a reported war-time labor shortage, the Bracero Program brought men from Mexico to the United States to work in agriculture, and to a lesser extent, railroads. Over the 22 years of the program, over 5 million contracts were provided to workers.Early on, the men were called “soldiers of the fields” for their
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