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A History Of Hispanic Immigrants In Mississippi's Poultry Industry09:44
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August 12, 2019

"Dolly," a 17-week old rose comb brown leghorn hen in Mississippi. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)

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Here & Now's Robin Young talks to cultural anthropologist Angela Stuesse about how poultry workers went from being mostly white women in the 1950s to Hispanic immigrants today.

This segment aired on August 12, 2019.

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