Colorado
1776 Spanish priests Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestre Velez de Escalante, along with eight other men en route to California lead an expedition through western Colorado, traversing through the San …
Category: History
Puerto Rico historical overview
Connecticut’s relationships with Latin American and Caribbean populations are riddled with U.S. historical engagement in the political and economic affairs of the peoples of this geographic region. From the …
Latinos and Colorado’s Segmented Labor Force
In addition to political challenges and accomplishments, the Gilded Age and Progressive Era in Colorado also brought industrialization. Latinos played crucial roles in the shaping of a modern industrialized …
California Migration Backlash
In California, as in other states across the country, Latino migration has always been met by ambivalence. On the one hand, California’s economic industries have welcomed Latino laborers throughout …
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 …
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: 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 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 …