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TitleA Bittersweet Story from the Farm Front from WDL News
Date Created1959
DescriptionThis article from the Workers Defense League newsletter describes organizing among Puerto Rican farm workers over wages and working conditions. The Workers Defense League, founded in 1936 by Norman...
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TitleI remember my Estonian family at Seabrook
AuthorReinvald, Ilmar
Date Created1949-1994
DescriptionIn this "I remember" memoir, Estonian Ilmar Reinvald recalls moving from Estonia to Seabrook Farms in 1949 at the age of 12. His best memories come from making friends in the diverse community. When...
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitleMigrant deaths, 1962-1965
Date Created1962-1965
DescriptionThis memorandum from Dick Hogarty of the New Jersey Office of Economic Opportunity, lists in chronological order the deaths of various migrant workers throughout New Jersey from 1962 to 1965. The...
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TitleNegroes on the Road: A Survey of the Transient Negro in New Jersey
AuthorJackson, Nelson C.
Date Created1934
DescriptionThis report from the State of New Jersey Emergency Relief Administration focuses on African American transients within the New Jersey Transient Bureaus in the early 1930s. This report presents answers...
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TitlePlight of British West Indian and Bahamian Migrants
Date Created1959
DescriptionThis unpublished report by the Workers Defense League describes poor wages, working conditions, and housing among British West Indian and Bahamian contract workers on New Jersey farms. It compares...