The A-TEAM initiative was launched by the U.S. Department of Labor in 1965, intending to recruit 20,000 high school athletes to address a significant farmworker shortage caused by the end of the bracero program. Despite endorsements from sports icons, only about 3,000 young men participated in this effort. Randy Carter, a participant, documented his experience through a sizzle reel titled "Boy Wonders," portraying white teenagers who swapped surfing for agricultural labor in the California desert, a reflection of a real and complex issue of the time.
The U.S. Department of Labor launched A-TEAM, recruiting high school athletes to address a farmworker shortage, but only about 3,000 out of 20,000 intended enrolled.
Randy Carter's sizzle reel "Boy Wonders" depicts white teenage boys sacrificing a summer of surfing to harvest crops, reflecting a real-life scenario from 1965.
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