About the article. Good . Okay. So im going to tell you guys a little bit about how i started being interested in bracero history. I always tell you guys i was a student like you guys in a class, mexicanAmerican History, and my advisor, my thenmentor well, he was first my teacher. Matt garcia said to me and the rest of the class, find your oldest Family Member and collect an oral history. I thought an oral history was a basic interview and i thought, okay, thats fine. It is a little challenging when you come from immigrant families in which your grandparents are somewhere else, so i looked for my oldest Family Member, and my oldest Family Member was not really that old, right . He was my uncle who had come in as a bracero. I grew up with my uncle. I grew up seeing my uncle every single day and he would talk every once in a while about his work in california, in texas. He would tell me stories and tell my whole family stories about what it was like to work picking cotton in texas, what
You guys today about what i research. So you guys had my piece on the alien braceros. I want us to think about the class today in two parts, one in which were going to cover bracero history. I know we covered bracero history in sort of broad sketches, but this time we will talk about it a little bit more in depth. My gift to you, i cant let you walk out of a class with me without you guys knowing bracero history really well. Second thing were going to do is were actually going to talk about the article. Good . Okay. So im going to tell you guys a little bit about how i started being interested in bracero history. I always tell you guys i was a student like you guys in a class, mexicanAmerican History, and my advisor, my thenmentor well, he was first my teacher. Matt garcia said to me and the rest of the class, find your oldest Family Member and collect an oral history. I thought an oral history was a basic interview and i thought, okay, thats fine. It is a little challenging when you c
Next on lectures in history, we take you to the university of illinois where professor mireya loza teaches a class on latino labor movements in the 20th century. She discusses the Bracero Program which brought workers mostly in the ago ricultural industry. Were almost towards the end of the semester, and because we are i decided to really talk to you guys today about what i research. So you guys had my piece on the alien braceros. I want us to think about the class today in two parts, one in which were going to cover bracero history. I know we covered bracero history in sort of broad sketches, but this time we will talk about it a little bit more in depth. My gift to you, i cant let you walk out of a class with me without you guys knowing bracero history really well. Second thing were going to do is were actually going to talk about the article. Good . Okay. So im going to tell you guys a little bit about how i started being interested in bracero history. I always tell you guys i was a
To talk to you about my research. You have my piece on start with, i want us to think about the class today in two parts. One were going to cover the history in sort of broad sketches, but this time well talk about the history a little bit more indepth. My gift to you, i cant let you walk out of a class with me without you guys knowing the history really well. Second thing were going to do is talk about the article. Good . Okay. So im going to tell you guys a little bit about how i started being interested in bracedo history. I always tell you that i was and student like you in class, mexicanAmerican History, and my advisor, then my mentor, first he was my teacher, matt garcia, said to me, and to the rest of the class, find your oldest Family Member and collect an oral history. I thought an oral history was a basic interview and thought, okay, thats fine. Its a little challenging when you come from immigrant families in which your grandparents are somewhere else. So i looked for my old