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Date Created1961
DescriptionDale Wright, writer for the World-Telegram and Sun, displays a basket of tomatoes he picked near Hightstown, N.J. Wright worked as a migrant laborer to investigate the work and living conditions of...
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Date Created1961
Description"Staff writer Dale Wright at his typewriter, assembling the revealing story of his experience as a migratory worker." Caption from booklet about migrant workers, The Forgotten People, written by Dale...
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Date Created1961
Description"The potato picker in the foreground is staff writer Dale Wright, too. The experienced pickers behind him gather 70 to 80 such 100-pound bags in a 12 to 14-hour day - and get 5 to 8 cents a bag."...
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Date Created1961
Description"Staff writer Dale Wright shoulders a basket of tomatoes which he has just picked near Hightstown, N.J., in his six-month survey of the squalid life of a migrant farm worker." Caption from booklet...
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Date Created1961
Description"Evon Washington (left) and James Taylor, migrant workers from Florida, tell their stories of being cheated to staff writer Dale Wright." Caption from booklet about migrant workers, The Forgotten...
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Date Created1961
DescriptionDale Wright, writer for the World-Telegram and Sun, worked as a migrant laborer to investigate the work and living conditions of fellow laborers.
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AuthorWright, Giles, R.; Green, Howard L.; Parks, Lee R.
Date Created1987
DescriptionSchooling and education by Giles R. Wright with Howard L. Green and Lee R. Parks. Number 4 in the New Jersey Ethnic Life Series. Published by New Jersey Historical Commission.
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AuthorWright, Dale
Date Created1961
DescriptionDale Wright, a World-Telegram Staff writer, went undercover as a migrant worker in Hightstown, New Jersey, and in Florida. He recorded his observations, interviewed other workers, and took photos of...
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Date Created1930
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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Date Created1940
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)