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Ambassadors in Overalls: Mexican Guest Workers

Presented by Museum of History and Art, Ontario at Museum of History and Art, Ontario

September 16, 2011

Lecture/Presentation by Matthew Garcia, Professor of History and Transborder Studies, Arizona State University, who was Outreach Director of the oral history project that led to the Bittersweet Harvest exhibit. Hear what was learned from the interviews and artifacts collected by students and scholars, and how the bracero program influences immigration and labor around the world today. [Image Credit: Courtesy Matthew Garcia]

This program is in conjunction with the museum’s presentation of “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964,” a multi-faceted bilingual exhibition that illuminates the largest guest worker program in U.S. history runs at the Museum of History and Art, Ontario, from August 25 through October 30, 2011. Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964, was organized by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), with funding made possible by the Smithsonian's Latino Center. The Smithsonian Community Grant program, funded by MetLife Foundation, is a proud sponsor of these public programs.

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  Museum of History and Art, Ontario
  
  225 South Euclid Avenue
  Ontario, CA 91762
  
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  September 16, 2011
  
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  Reception: 6:30 p.m.
  Lecture: 7:00 p.m.
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