Colorado historical overview
Spanish and Mexican Eras The earliest Spanish forays into the land that would become the state of Colorado began as early as 1776 the year North American revolutionaries issued …
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Puerto Rico: NOTABLE LATINOS
Negron, Edna (1944-). An educator and a politician, Negron was born in Puerto Rico and came to the United States in 1955. Her family settled in Hartford, where she …
California cultural contributions
Latinos have contributed to the vibrancy of California culture. They have contributed to the socioeconomic, political, and cultural life of California in multiple ways through the arts, culinary traditions, …
Puerto Rico: CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Vast changes have occurred in the opportunities and cultural venues for Latinos in Connecticut. From cultural clubs, which predominated in the 1950s and 1960s, to the twenty-first century’s rich …
Arkansas Map
Mexicans in Bauxite The Great Migration of African Americans out of the South prompted some Arkansas farmers and employers to seek Mexican laborers immediately following World War I. The …
Arkansas: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
Though the Spanish crown nominally controlled present-day Arkansas for most of its colonial period, Spanish culture exerted little influence on this early frontier society. The beginnings of slavery-based plantation …
Arkansas Latinos and Poultry
In the case of Arkansas, greater numbers of Latinos were initially drawn to the state in the mid-1980s largely because of employment opportunities in the poultry industry. The state …
Arkansas Migrants in the 1960s-1980s
Though no longer picking cotton in the delta, Mexican workers continued to enter Arkansas during the 1960s and 1970s. Southwestern Arkansas became a way station for Mexican and Mexican …
Arkansas as a New Receiving Site
The mid-1980s, and particularly the 1990s, marked the first time Arkansas received relatively large numbers of migrants from Latin America, as well as Latinos from other U.S. states. Between …
Reception of Latinos in Arkansas
In the most rural and impoverished state in the country a state that is characterized by one small town after another the influx of Latinos has been transformative. Rogers, …