Category: History
Spanish-language television, radio, and publications are the primary media for Las Vegas Latinos. Eighty-eight percent of the Latinos living in the Las Vegas area watch and read Spanish-language materials …
New Hampshire Political Participation Another area that documents the emerging Latino presence in the state is that group’s growing political organization and participation. Latinos have focused on political …
Michigan The New Migrant Boom In the 1980s Michigan was unusual for its relatively slow-growing Latino population. As Michigan’s economy slid into free fall, the systems of recruitment that …
Mississippi African Americans and Latinos Poultry is just one area in which the histories of Mississippi’s Latinos and African Americans have intersected. Mississippi has a higher percentage of African …
Brown, Riva. Immigrants in U.S. Pay Hefty Price. Clarion-Ledger, 2003. Davis Maute, Nikki. Hispanic Leader Says Stores Discriminated. Hattiesburg American, September 25, 2005. Program Helps Verify Immigrants’ Status. Hattiesburg …
Montana cultural contributions Latinos have made lasting changes in the state in several industries. Of importance in the field of music are the contributions by Chan Romero to rock …
Michigan cultural contributions In beet fields, cherry orchards, auto plants, and suburban homes, Latino and Latina workers underwrote the transformation of Michigan into a consumer society, without usually enjoying …
Whereas the demographics of Minnesota’s Latino population have changed since the late 1800s, what attracts Latinos to the state remains the same. Family and kin networks fuel the growth …
Massachusetts Latinos as Political Refugees Understanding the difficulties faced by the Latino community in Massachusetts first requires an analysis of the immigration procedure that this community faced beginning in …
Mississippi notable latinos Landrove, Rafael J. (1893-1976). By drawing New Orleans’s Mexican consulate into the daily struggles of the Delta’s Mexican migrants in the 1920s-1930s, Landrove became its most …
