Casa Grande, Arizona, 1936 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)
Over the weekend, NPR’s Latino USA broadcast a fantastic audio story that chronicled how a group of California elementary school students from Bell Gardens worked to get the often-overlooked story of “The Mexican Repatriation” into the state’s public school curriculum. It is a must-listen, so click on the play button below and learn some history today:
And for more about the story, visit Latino USA’s site.
