Braceros - Stockton, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 57.419 W 121° 17.591
10S E 649947 N 4202416
A monument to the braceros of the California agricultural fields.
Waymark Code: WMHGH7
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/08/2013
Views: 3
Braceros were migrant farm workers who worked in the fields of the Central Valley. The statue is of a man, bent over and picking from a row of crops.
The plaque reads: "" In honor of the Braceros, soldiers of the field, who toiled in San Joaquin County. With profound gratitude for their indelible contribution to the living of our community. (Bracero Program 1942 - 1964. With deepest appreciation to Maurice Jourdane who, as an attorney with California Rural Legal Assistance led a relentless and ultimately victorious legal battle to abolish the short-handled hoe. Carmona v. Division of Industrial Safety, 13 Cal2d 303 (California Supreme Court 1975)."
Sector of the workforce: Farm workers
Created or Donated by which group: Not listed
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