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BRACERO HISTORY SUMMIT

BRACERO HISTORY SUMMIT
PI: Yolanda Leyva
Sponsor: NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
History
Amount awarded: $5,000

This project coordinates a two-day national summit in El Paso, Texas to commemorate the 75th anniversary of (1) the 1942 U.S. Bracero Program executive order and (2) the first group of braceros who entered the U.S. border through El Paso to work the sugar beet harvest in Stockton, California.

Posting date: Mon, 09/18/2017

Award start date: Thu, 08/24/2017
Award end date: Thu, 08/23/2018