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Black and white photograph of children inside a car.

Flora Robertson's poem of why she migrated to California.

Poem recorded by the Library of Congress at a migrant farmer’s camp in California in the late 1930s.

Family of two unable to move forward to their destination in California.

An article showcasing some songs and histories written and sung during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl by migrants.

""I'm Going Down this Road Feeling Bad," is a traditional song that may date from an earlier period, but that expresses…

Reflects farm workers' struggle to unionize. Parody of "Roll out the Barrel."

ROLL OUT THE PICKETS

Roll out the pickets
We'll have a barrel of fun
Roll out the pickets
Keep up the fight till we've won.
Associated Farmers
Will very soon…

A migrant camp in Weslaco, Texas. Refugees often created camps and lived there for some time as they were traveling.

Families traveling across the country, finding new places to live.

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- Weedpatch Camp, a "rescue camp" for distressed migrant workers, whom some disparagingly called "Okies," who had fled Dust Bowl conditions in the Great Plains. The camp was also referred…