Learning for Life

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This file appears in: Farm Labor Camp

Along with care and education for the children of migrant workers, volunteer organizations provided educational programs for the workers themselves. First aid courses and English language classes were among the frequent programs offered at the labor camp.

This file appears in: Farm Labor Camp

By Maria Petrolia
The rapid rise of migrant labor in Texas in the 1940s brought large numbers of laborers to Waco. To accommodate this new situation, the city of Waco acquired funds to build the Waco Farm Labor Camp, a…