Bracero Monument

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Bracero Monument
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The monument in 2022
Bracero Monument
ArtistDan Medina
Location Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Coordinates 34°3′29.8″N118°14′24.2″W / 34.058278°N 118.240056°W / 34.058278; -118.240056

The Bracero Monument by Dan Medina is installed in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] The 19-foot-tall monument features a bronze sculpture of a Mexican migrant and his family (wife and son). [3] [4] [5] Bracero refers to the Bracero Program.

References

  1. ↑ "Dan Medina, The Bracero Monument, Los Angeles". Public Art in LA. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Monument honoring 'braceros,' Mexican migrant workers, unveiled in downtown L.A." Los Angeles Times. September 30, 2019. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Los Angeles to Unveil Monument Honoring Bracero Migrants in Downtown". KTLA. September 29, 2019. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Migrant's Bend and the Bracero Monument". Los Angeles Downtown News. October 7, 2019. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  5. ↑ "A former 'bracero' feels seen with new statue honoring immigrant labor's hidden history". NBC News. October 3, 2019. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2022.


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