California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. is a 501 non-profit legal service organization created to help California's low-income individuals and communities. CRLA represents all types of individuals and
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The Bracero Program was a temporary labor initiative from 1942 to 1964 between the United States and Mexico that allowed Mexican workers to be employed in the U.S. agricultural and railroad industries
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…director from 1972 to 1974 after being with CRLA since 1966. It was during this time that CRLA obtained the settlement that effectively ended the Bracero program. CRLA also won the landmark battle to eliminate the usage of el cortito, the short-handed hoe, a back-breaking tool used by agricultural workers. Alberto…
Braceros arriving in Los Angeles in 1942
Mexican workers await legal employment in the United States, 1954
Mexican farm workers in Oregon during the Bracero Program
Delores Huerta. The image was taken in 2012 at the unveiling of Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Auditorium in Washington, DC.