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Latinos In Postwar Ohio During World War II, the U.S. Department of Labor recruited laborers to replace U.S. draftees. Mexican and Puerto Rican workers came to Ohio under the …
The newness of the Latino population in North Carolina makes for fertile study. This same newness also means that many of the subtle and perhaps richest cultural contributions of …
Latino Migrant Life in Post-9/11 Virginia Virginia Latinos have significantly reconfigured the demographic composition of long-established communities in only a couple of decades. Their visibility has become increasingly magnified …
Oklahoma Issues in the Latino Community Today The Latino community of Oklahoma is increasingly making a visible mark, moving from transience and itinerancy to settling and permanence. The Latino …
Notable latinos Mendez, Frank S. (1925-). Born of Mexican migrant parents, Mendez grew up in Lorain, Ohio. He joined the armed forces during World War II and eventually became …
Virginia Latino Migration in the Contemporary Era Until World War II, Virginia had been an area historically defined by black and white dichotomies, with no previous history of Latino …
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW In 1932, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) visited South Dakota and observed the damage caused by erosion and silt on navigation and agriculture. As a result, he …
Latinos in South Carolina in the Late Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Despite the long-term Latino presence in South Carolina and the ongoing connections between South Carolina and Latin America, …
Bibliography Arounnarath, Meiling. Alderman Wants Vote for Noncitizens. News & Observer, May 18, 2006. http://www.newsobserver.com (accessed December 27, 2006). Arrizon, Alicia. Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. Niggli, Josefina Maria. …
South Carolina notable latinos Farragut, Jorge (1755-1817). Captain Jorge Farragut participated in the battle of Savannah during the U.S. Revolutionary War. Farragut, who was born on the Spanish island …