The Demonization of (Im)migrants: Dust Bowl Refugees and the Supreme Court, with John S. Caragozian
Channel: Northern District Historical Society
Date: 2021-04-29

At the height of the Great Depression, California passed an "Anti-Okie" law, making it a misdemeanor to knowingly assist a pauper in entering the state. Edwards was convicted under this law after he had driven to Texas and then returned to California with his indigent brother-in-law. 

Tune in to an engaging presentation by lawyer and legal historian John S. Caragozian, centering on the constitutionality of California’s anti-Okie law in the 1941 United States Supreme Court case, Edwards v. California. 

This program is presented by the Northern District of California Historical Society (https://www.ndhistoricalsociety.org), and co-sponsored by the Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society (www.njchs.org) and the California Supreme Court Historical Society (www.cschs.org). Welcome and introduction by Richard Rahm.


To view video featured in the presentation, please go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIZDMtRDCxI