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Holocaust Museum Houston
Author Appearance & Book Signing with Dr. Lori Flores Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants and the California Farmworker Movement
Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 – Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017
06:30 PM – 08:00 PM
US/Central
Known as “The Salad Bowl of the World,” California’s Salinas Valley became an agricultural empire due to the toil of diverse farmworkers, including Latinos. Professor Flores will discuss the history of how Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants organized for their rights in the decades leading up to the seminal strikes led by Cesar Chavez. She will also look closely at how different groups of Mexicans—U.S. born, bracero, and undocumented—confronted and interacted with one another during this period. Her book is an incisive study of labor, migration, race, gender, citizenship, and class, and offers crucial insights for today’s ever-growing U.S. Latino demographic, the farmworker rights movement, and future immigration policy.
Book-signing after the lecture. Professor Lori Flores is the assistant professor in the Department of History at Stony Brook University. Free admission, but RSVP required at hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx.
HOURS & ADMISSION
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Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, noon - 5:00 pm
The Museum is closed Mondays, except for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day and Labor Day. -
Members: Free Adults: $22 Seniors (age 65 and above): $16 AARP Members: $16 Active Duty Military: $16 Ages 0 – 18: Free
The Museum is free to all on Thursdays from 2 pm to 5 pm
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Admission is free on the following holidays:
- Veteran’s Day for active duty military and veterans
- Human Rights Day
- International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Yom HaShoah
- Memorial Day through Labor Day for active duty military and their families
The Museum is closed on the following holidays:
- Rosh Hashanah
- Yom Kippur
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas Day
- New Year’s Day
- Easter Sunday
Directions & Parking
- Paid Parking
- Paid parking is available in the parking lot next to the Museum on the corner of Binz and Caroline St.
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