![]() When the longshoremen's union wanted to organize farmworkers in Orange County, Corona volunteered to help. In his case, the employment was at the Brunswig Pharmaceutical Company, and it was there that Corona found something that interested him more than basketball, as he became involved in the labor struggle. In 1936, having an athletic scholarship meant that Corona was recommended for a job where he could work nearly full time while in college. Corona returned to El Paso for high school, where he became a basketball star and won an athletic scholarship to the University of Southern California. At the Harwood Boys School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Corona organized what he later called his first strike when he and other boys refused to attend classes, until their demand was met that students no longer be spanked for questioning their teachers. Bert's mother, Margarita, pulled him out of public school in the fourth grade, when she was frustrated with the treatment of Mexican kids who were punished for speaking Spanish. The family briefly returned to Mexico in 1922, but when Noe was murdered, possibly by the president's forces, Bert and his family returned to El Paso. In the United States, Noe Corona continued his involvement in revolutionary activities. His father, Noe Corona, had fought in the Mexican Revolution. Humberto Noe Corona was born on May 29, 1918, in El Paso, Texas. Today, we're discussing labor and immigrant rights activist, Bert Corona. And please, tell your friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, maybe even strangers to listen too. Be sure to subscribe to Unsung History on your favorite podcasting app so you never miss an episode. ![]() I'll start each episode with a brief introduction to the topic, and then talk to someone who knows a lot more than I do. This is Unsung History, the podcast where we discuss people and events in American history that haven't always received a lot of attention. “ Remembering Immigrant Defender Bert Corona,” by Eladio Bobadilla, The Progressive Magazine, February 7, 2022.“ The Legacy of Bert Corona," by Carlos Oretaga, The Progressive Magazine, August 1, 2001.“ From the Archives: Bert Corona Labor Activist Backed Rights for Undocumented Workers,” by George Ramos, Los Angeles Times, January 17, 2001.Bobadilla, Duke University PhD Dissertation, 2019. “ ‘One People without Borders’: The Lost Roots of the Immigrants’ Rights Movement, 1954-2006,” by Eladio B.The episode image is “ Bert Corona,” source unknown, believed to be available via Creative Commons. Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag, composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. Bobadilla, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Kentucky, whose 2019 dissertation looks at the roots of the Immigrants’ Rights Movement and who has written and taught about Bert Corona. Joining me to help us learn more about the life of Bert Corona is Dr. While other Mexican American labor leaders were campaigning against undocumented workers, Corona fought to shift the opinions of Mexican Americans toward support for the undocumented and helped create a pro-immigrant consciousness among Latinos in the United States. Labor leader and immigrant rights activist Bert Corona viewed Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants in the United States, both with and without documentation, as one people without borders, and he understood that their struggles were connected.
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