Texas
Constance Cortez Texas CHRONOLOGY 1519 Spanish cartographer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda explores and maps the Texas coastline. 1528-1532 Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, the Spanish king’s treasurer, shipwrecks on …
Category: History
South Carolina Travel Destinations
The results of the Spanish-American War included Cuban independence and the U.S. acquisition of Puerto Rico as a territory. Connections between Puerto Rico and South Carolina formed in the …
Holiday in Texas
The Progressive Era and the Mexican Revolution The Progressive Era, the first two decades of the twentieth century, was marked by an acceleration of economic expansion. By 1920 the …
Travel to South Carolina
Latinos are now publishing scores of Spanish-language papers in communities large and small, and a number of all-Spanish radio stations and television channels have appeared in major cities. Public …
South Carolina and Latin America
South Carolinians’ relationship with Latin America continued after most of the former Spanish colonies in the Americas achieved their independence from Spain in the early nineteenth century. A number …
Education in General and Bilingual Education Massachusetts
Latinos migrating to Massachusetts faced a plethora of difficulties, both when they arrived and as they tried to integrate themselves into the greater community. One of these difficulties with …
Mississippi Travel Destinations
Mississippi Organizing for change Mississippi’s Latinos have not been able to use the traditional bases of Latino political power in the United States. No national Latino advocacy organization has …
New Mexico Vacations
New Mexico Legends Like folk medicine, local lore and oral traditions were always very strong in New Mexico. This was due to the lack of a printing press and …
New Jersey Travel Destinations
New Jersey cultural contributions An important part of culture is religious faith and practices. A large portion of the Latinos who have come to New Jersey are Roman Catholic, …
Mississippi cultural contributions
Latino culture in Mississippi has been both visible and invisible, mainstream and separate from the culture of white and black Mississippians. The signature Mississippi hot tamale is perhaps the …