Cesar Estrada Chavez, the founder of the United Farm Workers of America, is one of the most recog
papier-mache statue of liberty
Grade Range: K-12
Resource Type(s): Artifacts
Date Posted:
4/16/2018
Immokalee Statue of Liberty, by Kat Rodriguez, 2000
The statue’s original pedestal (not shown) features a simple message borrowed from African American poet Langston Hughes: “I, too, am America.” This Lady Liberty holds a basket of tomatoes to represent the work of agricultural laborers.
Gift of Coalition of Immokalee Workers
