Category Archives: Midwest

Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees

Among often segregated railroad union, two had a number of Latino members: the AFL-Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and CIO-United Railway Workers of America. Continue reading

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The Communist Party’s Spanish Bureau, Founded in 1929

Documents from the Soviet Archives and an examination of the Vida Obrera (Workers Life) reveal a dynamic and innovative American Communist Party organizing Spanish-speaking workers beginning in 1929. Continue reading

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Latinos Featured in New Deal Post Office Murals

During the New Deal, the Treasury Department commissioned murals for local post offices, a number of which provided links to Mexican American workers or early Spanish explorers. Continue reading

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