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BIBLIOGRAPHY Bean, Frank D., and Marta Tienda. The Hispanic Population of the United States. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1988. Boswel, T.D., and J.R. Curtis. The Cuban American Experience. …
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The Ugly Face of Racism Mexicans’ relationship with other groups was rocky from the start. During the 1919 strike, Mexican and black workers were introduced under the cover of …
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CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS The close proximity and easy access to cultural organizations located in the District of Columbia overshadow some of the cultural contributions of the Latino population in …
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Puerto Ricans and Cubans Join the Mexicans The United States emerged as a superpower after World War II. A period of rapid economic growth and modernization started at the …
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Citizenship status is thought to confer many benefits that should put migrant populations on a trajectory to the middle class. As previously noted, Latinos in Maine are predominantly born …
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Massachusetts passes the first mandatory bilingual education transition program in the United States as a result of demographic shifts and the work of activists in the Commonwealth. Cambridge reimplements …
Ecuadorians in Illinois
The presence of Ecuadorians in Chicago can be traced back to the mid-twentieth century. Ecuadorians came to Chicago primarily in two waves. Initially, they migrated to Chicago from the …
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Post-World War II Latino Migration Migration rates in Massachusetts dropped noticeably between the 1920s and 1960s, as the United States embraced tighter immigration laws that prevented Farmworkers being recruited …
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HISTORICAL OVERVIEW Until recently Indiana had been a state with a solid white majority of over 90 percent. However, a steady shift in the demographic composition of the state …
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NOTABLE LATINOS Fernandez Cavada, Federico (1831-1871). A lieutenant colonel in the Union Army until his capture in the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, Fernandez Cavada fought in the battles …