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Wisconsin BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Berry-Caban, Cristobal. Hispanics in Wisconsin: A Bibliography of Resource Materials. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1981. Erenburg, Mark. Obreros Unidos in Wisconsin. Monthly Labor Review 91 (June 1968): 17-23. In EBSCOhost (online database) in December 2006. Available from University of New Mexico Libraries. Giffey, David, and Jesus Salas. Struggle for Justice: The Migrant Farm Worker Labor Movement in Wisconsin. Milwaukee: Wisconsin Labor History Society, 1998. http://www.wisconsinlaborhistory.org/Lucha-GiffeyProject.pdf (accessed November 2007). Governor’s Commission on Human Rights. Migratory Agricultural Workers in Wisconsin: A Problem in Human Rights. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Web site, 1950. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1343 (accessed January 2007). Report on testing of

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Holiday in Virginia

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Virginia notable latinos Bolivar, Fernando (c. 1810-1898). Venezuelan-born Fernando Bolivar, the nephew and adoptive son of Simon Bolivar (the great hero of South America’s wars of independence), provided the first historical connection between Latin America and the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 1827 Fernando became the first Latin American to attend the University of Virginia even preferring it over West Point. Although he stayed for a brief period, Fernando always treasured his days in Charlottesville and wrote about them in his memoirs. Later, he became a distinguished South American diplomat. Today, the Bolivar Network, a University of Virginia alumni organization, is

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Texas cultural contributions

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The contributions of Mexican Americans to Texas culture are reflected in the cultural mestizaje of the overall populace. Probably the most popular Latino art form is found in music. Having at its core the corrido, or ballad, the art form is based on earlier ballads from southern Spain. Peaking in popularity during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, corridos relayed the conflicts and heroes of South Texas. Modern mariachi music known for the use of guitars, violins, and brass originated with smaller regional string groups of late-eighteenth-century Mexico. In the nineteenth century, the groups gained popularity, especially in Jalisco.

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Philadelphia

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chronology Trade between Philadelphia and Cuba intensifies during the American Revolution. Manuel Torres, the first Latin American diplomatic representative in the United States, arrives in Philadelphia. El Habanero, Philadelphia’s first Spanish-language newspaper, is published by Padre Felix Varela, a Cuban exile. Jicotencatl, the first historical novel published in the Americas, is released by the William Stavely Publishing House in Philadelphia. No author takes credit for the anonymous work. First local chapter of the Republican Society of Cubans and Puerto Ricans is founded in Philadelphia. J.B. Lippincott & Co., a Philadelphia press, publishes Who Would Have Thought It?, a novel by

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Wisconsin Travel Destinations

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Wisconsin Current Events In following years, the grassroots activism of the previous era slightly faded, although the controversial debate about immigration reform has once again ignited advocacy and protest. Estimates suggest that about 70,000 people marched in Milwaukee on May 1, 2006, known as Un Dla Sin Latinos (A Day Without Latinos).16 Wisconsin’s leaders, for or against immigration reform, expect more changes as the United States Congress debates national policy. It is unclear how new legislation would affect Wisconsin’s Latino population. Many Latino activists have since become professors or obtained state-appointed positions, and they continue the fight for Latino justice.

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Texas Travel Destinations

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The Postwar Era and the Chicano Movement Post-World War II activities laid the groundwork for the later labor and civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s. World War II changed many Texans; one of these was Hector P. Garcia, founder of the American GI Forum (AGIF). Garcia had served as an army physician in Europe and had risen to the rank of major, earning a Bronze Star and six battle stars. Afterward he settled in Corpus Christi, where he joined LULAC in 1946, becoming the organization’s president one year later. He became more politically active when he realized that

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Travel to Virginia

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Congress provided $2.5 million for anti-gang efforts. Among the several hundred gangs in the area, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), with roots in the Salvadoran community, is considered the largest and most violent. Emerging in Los Angeles in the 1980s, MS-13 has recently spread to northern Virginia, where there are an estimated 2,000 gang members.11 In response to this, in 2004 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation that made it a misdemeanor for anyone of any age to recruit or coerce someone into becoming a gang member. The new law also provides that three gang convictions within 10 years is now a

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Holiday in Oregon

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Oregon notable latinos Padilla Andrews, Clara (1941-). Padilla Andrews is owner and publisher of El Hispanic News. This newspaper, founded in 1981 by Juan Prats, is the oldest bilingual publication in the Pacific Northwest, and it is an important source of information for the Latino community. Padilla Andrews bought the newspaper in 1995 and turned it into the largest bilingual weekly newspaper in the region. Her company also publishes the bilingual biweekly magazine Mas, devoted to Latino arts and culture in the Portland metro area. Before moving to Oregon in 1987, she served as secretary of state for New Mexico

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Wisconsin Vacations

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The struggle for Latino recognition and worker’s rights continued into the 1970s. A report from the Governor’s Investigating Committee on Problems of Wisconsin’s Spanish Speaking Communities in 1971 sums up the Latino sentiment at the time. The report begins, In the days since we received our charge, we have listened to the voices of the Latin community in southeastern Wisconsin. We are deeply disturbed. We have seen a citizenry divorced and ignored by their institutions. We have felt the frustration and outrage which exists. Tragically, we have repeatedly seen evidence that faith in society and its institutions has been violated.

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Virginia Guide for Tourist

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In Virginia, Salvadorans represent the largest share of Latino newcomers. For them, religious institutions have been particularly instrumental, given the circumstances surrounding their exit from El Salvador and arrival in the United States. The U.S. government’s hostile reception, expressed in its refusal to grant them refugee status, made these newcomers ineligible for state-sponsored resettlement assistance, including programs to support and strengthen community-building and social-service efforts. But this context of scarcity was counterbalanced with sympathetic efforts by progressive sectors of civil society. In fact, the civil war in El Salvador and the refugee crisis constituted catalytic forces that fueled pro-Salvadoran activism

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