Bracero Program – Object #2 – Arkansas Primary Source Sets

Picking cotton in Arkansas

<p>Heriberto Cortes-Cortes and a group of Mexican cotton pickers working on a cotton field. They wear broad-brimmed hats and carry large cotton sacks.</p>

Group of cotton pickers in Arkansas posing for photograph. HCC is pictured on the second row, second from left, no hat. OR eighth person from the left side of the photograph OR fourth person from right side of the photograph.

Questions

Describe the people, objects, and activities you see in this photograph.

What economic impact do you think this work had on Arkansas and the U.S.? On the workers?

Citations

Heriberto Cortes-Cortes, “Picking Cotton in Arkansas,” Bracero History Archive, accessed January 18, 2024, https://braceroarchive.org/items/show/822.