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Bracero Monument

Coordinates: 34°3′29.8″N 118°14′24.2″W / 34.058278°N 118.240056°W / 34.058278; -118.240056
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Bracero Monument
The monument in 2022
Map
ArtistDan Medina
LocationLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Coordinates34°3′29.8″N 118°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

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  1. ^ "Dan Medina, The Bracero Monument, Los Angeles". Public Art in LA. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  2. ^ "Monument honoring 'braceros,' Mexican migrant workers, unveiled in downtown L.A." Los Angeles Times. 2019-09-30. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  3. ^ "Los Angeles to Unveil Monument Honoring Bracero Migrants in Downtown". KTLA. 2019-09-29. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  4. ^ "Migrant's Bend and the Bracero Monument". Los Angeles Downtown News. Archived from the original on 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  5. ^ "A former 'bracero' feels seen with new statue honoring immigrant labor's hidden history". NBC News. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2022-09-22.