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Latino Migration to Iowa: 1900-1920s The movement and development of the Latino population in Iowa is primarily a Mexican affair until the late twentieth century. Several factors contributed to …
NOTABLE LATINOS Farragut, David G. (1801-1870). Union admiral of Spanish ancestry who led the USS Hartford past the Chalmette batteries and took the port city of New Orleans by …
Chicanos in Iowa and a Pan-Latino Community: 1960s-1970s According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by the end of the 1960s the Iowa Latino population had grown to over 21,000. …
Community Organization The Latino community of Kansas faced substantial discrimination in the early part of the century. They were segregated by residence and within many public facilities such as …
Kentucky bibliography Allen, S.D. More on the Free Black Populations of the Southern Appalachian Mountains: Speculation on the North African Connection. Journal of Black Studies 25, no. 6 (July …
Kentucky bibliography Lexington Division of Police. 2005 Annual Report. www.lexingtonpolice.lfucg.com/PDFs/ AR05%20web.pdf. Lexington Herald-Leader. Ancient Tradition is a Unique Way to Celebrate Loved Ones. November 3, 2006. Lockwood, Frank …
Kansas chronology 1541 Spanish conquistador Francisco Vazquez de Coronado and his troop enter Kansas, searching for the Pueblo Indian village Las Humanas, also known as Gran Quivira, thus starting …
Chronology After the British invade Louisiana, residents of the state from the Canary Islands, called Islehos, organize and establish three regiments. The Islehos had very few weapons, and some …
The Period of Railroads Europe and the United States had a voracious appetite for the products from Kansas’s plains. The acquisition of Kansas’s goods and their movement to urban …
Colombians began migrating to Illinois decades before many of the other Latino groups. Colombia was embroiled in a civil war from 1948 to 1957. Therefore, the 1950s saw a …