Mexican American Fast-Pitch Softball Leagues: Connecting Communities Across State Lines”
A Documentary Film
In the early 20th century when Mexico was at war with itself, hundreds of thousands of Mexicans left their homeland and migrated to the United States. In the Midwest and West, the railroad companies, meat packing industry, and mining operations vied for Mexican workers as an inexpensive labor force.
As the Mexican populations grew in Kansas and Missouri, so did projects to “Americanize” the children. Baseball and later softball
[video=youtube_share;eSyPlY_KhZM]http://youtu.be/eSyPlY_KhZM[/video]
A Documentary Film
In the early 20th century when Mexico was at war with itself, hundreds of thousands of Mexicans left their homeland and migrated to the United States. In the Midwest and West, the railroad companies, meat packing industry, and mining operations vied for Mexican workers as an inexpensive labor force.
As the Mexican populations grew in Kansas and Missouri, so did projects to “Americanize” the children. Baseball and later softball
[video=youtube_share;eSyPlY_KhZM]http://youtu.be/eSyPlY_KhZM[/video]
