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Chualar Tragedy
Newspaper clipping of the Chualar Tragedy
"500 nabbed by L.A. Wetback Raiders
Newspaper
Housing barracks for bracero workers at Fred Bright Camp in Imperial Valley, California
This image was collected during Henry P. Anderson’s doctoral research into the public health aspects of the Bracero Program, a bi-national agreement which allowed workers from Mexico to travel to the United States temporarily to work in the…
Mexican migrant workers travel by train to Los Angeles (Calif.)
Mexican migrant workers travel by train to Los Angeles as participants in the Bracero Program, which was instituted by the American and Mexican goverments to ease agricultural labor shortages in the United States during World War Two.
Agricultural laborers harvesting lettuce into Verigood Brand cardboard boxes in California
This image is from the personal papers of researcher Henry P. Anderson. These materials were collected or generated by Anderson during his graduate studies at U.C. Berkeley and later affiliation with farm worker advocacy organizations. Topics…
Freedom Summer Lessons
A white man volunteers to teach Black students in Hattiesburg, Mississippi during the Freedom Summer in 1964. His classes were held in Priest Creek Baptist Church.
