Category: History
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 …
Nevada CHRONOLOGY The Dominguez-Escalante expedition from Spain explores the possibilities of opening a route between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Monterey, California. A silver mine near Virginia City is …
Latinos in rural Missouri have a very different profile. Most are first-generation migrants who speak Spanish only, earn low wages, and are young and with children. Other areas …
Montana notes I would like to thank Brian Shovers and Anthony Beltramo, who provided invaluable information during my research. 1. Names such as Spanish Creek, Spanish Peaks, and Spanish …