Chiques History Note #13 – The Bracero Program in Ventura County

Chiques History Notes is a series of posts based on my research on Oxnard, CA.

Source: Oxnard Press-Courier, 25 Feb 1954.

Source: The Press-Courier, 20 Aug 1959.

Source: The Press-Courier, 21 Aug 1959.

Source: The Press-Courier, 25 Aug 1959.

Source: The Press-Courier, 1 Sep 1960.

Source: The Press-Courier, 11 Jun 1963.

Source: The Press-Courier, 19 Oct 1963.

Source: The Press-Courier, 13 Nov 1964.

Chiques History Note #12 – Rachel Murguia Wong

Chiques History Notes is a series of posts based on my research on Oxnard, CA.

“Ms. Murguia Wong (still living) was a long-time Ventura County resident who advocated on behalf of school children as an Oxnard resident in the late 1960s and ’70s. She served on many appointed local and county committees and boards and was elected to the Oxnard School District’s board of trustees in 1971. Trustee Murguia Wong spearheaded the district’s compliance with the federally court ordered desegregation of Oxnard’s K-8 schools. She is an unsung hero of Ventura County.”

-Dr. Frank P. Barajas, Remembrances, Race, and Role Models: The Renaming of a Middle School

“Rachel Wong: Woman of Many Hats.” PC Weekly Magazine, 27 Feb 1972, p. 1.

“Rachel Wong: Woman of Many Hats.” PC Weekly Magazine, 27 Feb 1972, p. 2.

“Rachel Wong: Woman of Many Hats.” PC Weekly Magazine, 27 Feb 1972, p. 3.

“Rachel Wong: Woman of Many Hats.” PC Weekly Magazine, 27 Feb 1972, p. 4.

“Rachel Wong: Woman of Many Hats.” PC Weekly Magazine, 27 Feb 1972, p. 5.

FULL PDF : “Rachel Wong: Woman of Many Hats.” PC Weekly Magazine, 27 Feb 1972.

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