Dr. Juan I. Mora examines three groups of Latinxs as they used postwar migration, temporary guest-worker programs, and agricultural labor to redefine migrant power, justice, and rights in the twentieth century Midwest, and particularly in Michigan. He shows that Latinx migrants melded distinct claims to U.S. citizenship, ethnic identity, and labor rights through conflicts over access to intermediary influence, shifting processes of racialization, and the politics of foodways. Mora is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society and a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Indiana University.

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Agricultural Workers History Collection
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Detroit Latino Records
Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) Records
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Episode Credits

Producers: Dan Golodner and Troy Eller English

Interviewee: Juan I. Mora

Music: Bart Bealmear