Bracero Monument

Bracero Monument
Bracero Monument
	The monument in 2022
Artist	Dan Medina
Location	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
	34°3′29.8″N 118°14′24.2″W / 34.058278°N 118.240056°W

The Bracero Monument (Spanish: Monumento Bracero)^[1] is a bronze statue located on César Chávez Avenue, in Los Angeles, California, honoring the participants of the Bracero program.^[2]^[3] The Bracero program was an initiative that operated from 1942 to 1964 which brough Mexican workers to work in the United States, initially owing to the American labor shortage due to World War II.

History

The monument was sculpted by artist Dan Medina, and erected in 2019 in Migrant's Bend Plaza, along César Chávez Avenue, near the El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument and Calle Olvera. The 19-foot-tall monument features a bronze sculpture of a Mexican bracero and alongside his wife and son.^[4]^[5]^[6]

The monument was initially proposed by Baldemar Capiz and later erected with the support of the Unión Binacional de Exbraceros (Spanish for "Binational Union of Ex-Braceros") and of Los Angeles City Councilmember José Huizar.^[1]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Telemundo 52 - Monumento recuerda el legado de los braceros mexicanos
^ "Dan Medina, The Bracero Monument, Los Angeles". Public Art in LA. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ Boyle Heights Beat - City unveils design of ‘Bracero’ monument to be built in Downtown Los Angeles

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[Telemundo-1] Telemundo 52 - Monumento recuerda el legado de los braceros mexicanos

[2] "Dan Medina, The Bracero Monument, Los Angeles". Public Art in LA. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.

[3] "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.

[4] "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.

[5] "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.

[6] "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.

[7] Boyle Heights Beat - City unveils design of ‘Bracero’ monument to be built in Downtown Los Angeles

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