Gabriel Thompson's Blog, page 6
November 3, 2009
A New Homecoming Reina (Queen)
Last year I was fortunate to meet a number of wonderful people while spending two months in Russellville, Alabama for my book about immigrant labor. I had relocated to the rural town, about thirty miles east of the Mississippi border, to get a job in a large poultry plant. At the same time, I knew that the plant, which opened its doors in 1989, had attracted thousands of Mexican and Guatemalan immigrants and served as the catalyst for a profound transformation of the area. So not only was I...
