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Historical Documents
The National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) was formed under the leadership of César Chávez and Dolores Huerta to organize Mexican American and Filipino farmworkers in California. It aimed to improve wages, working conditions, and access to social services through nonviolent actions. In 1966,…
Historical Documents
The Bracero Program operated from 1942 to 1964 as a bilateral guest‑worker initiative between the United States and Mexico. It aimed to fill labor shortages in U.S. agriculture and railroads during World War II and beyond. It brought over 4.6 million Mexican workers under short‑term contracts.…
Historical Documents
El Congreso de Pueblos de Habla Española (the Spanish Speaking People's Congress) was formed in California as a coalition of Latino labor and civil rights activists seeking to unite Spanish‑speaking communities. Luisa Moreno spearheaded the inauguration of the Congress, drawing delegates from…
Articles

<p><span class="deck"> Proud and independent, the farm girls of New England helped build an industrial Eden, but its paternalistic innocence was not to last</span> </p>