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Lives of Migrant Farm Workers in the 1930s Fleeing the Midwest Dust Bowl, they hoped for a paradise where there was good weather and plentiful crops What they found was back-breaking work, low pay and discrimination The Mexican and Mexican-American migrant farm workers already in California faced displacement and harsh working conditions
Migrant Workers In The 1930s: An Overview - Learn California California was a promising destination for migrant workers due to its mild climate and diverse crops Migrant workers faced economic hardships, low wages, and poor living conditions during this period The Farm Security Administration (FSA) established camps to provide relief and support to migrant workers
Farm Labor in the 1930s - Rural Migration News | Migration Dialogue Labor historians often distinguish between types of farm workers but lump all farmers together as distant entities out to exploit workers Historian Vaught argues that turn-of-the-century "horticulturists" saw themselves as producing unique crops while building healthy and prosperous communities
Migrant Farm Workers 1929-1976 | Heritage Museum of Orange County In the 1930’s migrant farm workers began to start organizing and striking During this time, any form of strikes were associated with communism, which often undermined any efforts of the strike From 1939-1940 two opposing Congressional committees held hearings in California
The Dirty Thirties: New Deal Photography Frames the Migrants’ Stories In desperate search for jobs and new opportunities, thousands of former farm owners and ex-tenant farmers left their homes in the Southern Plains states and set off to the cotton fields of Arizona and the “Promised Land” of California, where supposedly work could be found
How the Dust Bowl Made Americans Refugees in Their Own Country Eight decades ago, hordes of migrants poured into California in search of a place to live and work But those refugees weren’t from other countries They were Americans and former inhabitants of
Dust in the Wind: The Dirty Thirties - HistoryHub. info The plight of migrant farm workers and the hardships encountered by formerly proud, independent farmers forced out of their land and livelihood were beautifully immortalized in “The Dust Bowl,” an American television documentary directed by Ken Burns
Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agriculture The Grapes of Wrath brought national attention to the lives of California’s migrant farmworkers in the 1930s Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers’ strikes and boycotts captured the imagination of the United States in the 1960s and 70s