国立アメリカ歴史博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (国立アメリカ歴史博物館Instagram)「This snapshot of a farm worker picking pepper in a California field is just one of thousands of moments from the bracero program chronicled in the photography of Leonard Nadel. In 1942, facing labor shortages caused by World War II, the United States initiated a series of agreements with Mexico to recruit Mexican men to work on U.S. farms and railroads. Between 1942 and 1964, an estimated two million Mexican men came to the United States on short-term labor contracts through the bracero program, named after the term used in Mexico for a manual laborer. "When the U.S. needed it most, we came to serve the United States,” recalled former bracero José Ramírez Delgado, “When the U.S. needed it most, I was here." The bracero program was one of both exploitation and opportunity. Workers were able to send home money—but they earned that money through long hours of hard work, suffering through difficult and sometimes humiliating conditions on and off the fields. To learn more about the bracero program and explore more of Nadel's photography, click the link in our bio: http://s.si.edu/Bracero #AmericanHistory #LaborHistory #LaborDay #ImmigrationHistory #MigrationHistory」9月8日 0時38分