The U.S.-Mexico Bracero Program

Central Question

Learning Objective

Historical Background

Timeline

PRIMARY SOURCES

Original Bracero Agreement of 1942

Standard Bracero Work Contract and Accompanying Letters, November 14, 1958 to May 9, 1962

Documentary Photographs

Testimonio of a Bracero: Don Antonio, 1997

Archival Field Notes from NFLU Labor Organizer Ernesto Galarza, October 16, 1955

Mexican official Xavier Castaneda Addressing Deportees, 1951

Grower Testimony to U.S. President’s Commission on Migratory Labor, 1951