Virginia chronology
Emma Violand-Sanchez, a native of Bolivia and supervisor of the K-12 program English for Speakers of Other Languages/High Intensity Language Training (ESOL/HILT) for Arlington public schools, becomes the first …
Category: History
Texas bibliography
Acosta, Teresa Palomo, and Ruthe Winegarten. Las Tejanas: 300 Years of History. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003. Acuna, Rodolfo. Occupied America: A History of Chicanos. 4th ed. New …
Wisconsin cultural contributions
Throughout the large cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay to the smaller communities of Oshkosh and Appleton, Latinos have brought their culture to Wisconsin in the form of landscaping, …
South Carolina Guide for Tourist
Santa Elena was settled by families transplanted from Spain. The local economy was dominated by farmers, artisans, and merchants, but poor land, a lack of supplies, and increasingly hostile …
Virginia Vacations
Virginia cultural contributions The fact that Latinos have significantly transformed Virginia’s cultural, social, and economic landscape in profound ways is today more evident than ever. …
Travel to Oregon
Current Demographic Overview of Latinos in Oregon In 2005, Latinos were the second-largest population group in Oregon, about 9.9 percent of the total population of 3,700,758. Latino children were …
Travel to Ohio
Cultural contributions As a group, Latinos are fiercely proud of their traditions and customs. The maintenance of a Latino culture came to depend on Latino associations, newspapers, radio stations, …
Holiday in Philadelphia
Murals Philadelphia is filled with Latino-themed murals, many of which have been sponsored by Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program (MAP). These include Puerto Rican Woman (427 W. Dauphin Street), Recuerdo …
Tennessee Guide for Tourist
Tennessee bibliography Ansley, Fran, and Susan Williams. Southern Women and Southern Borders on the Move: Tennessee Workers Explore the New International Division of Labor. In Neither Separate Nor Equal: …
South Carolina Vacations
Latinos live in every county in South Carolina, but the largest Latino populations have settled in urban areas in the upstate (northwestern region), midlands, and low country (or coastal …