Washington Vacations
Muratist Art In Washington s Latino Communities The Muralist Art Movement that began in the 1960s in the United States as a result of the Chicano civil rights movement …
Category: History
Holiday in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Advocacy and Activism A recognition of the injustices and lack of available programs for Wisconsin’s Latino population led to the turbulent 1960s and 1970s decades of protest, activism, …
Travel to Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s Migrant Workers As the use of foreign workers diminished in the early 1950s, the population of the domestic migrant increased. These nomadic people generally hailed from Texas and …
Holiday in Utah
Latinos in Utah Today (1991-2007) The economic and social differences (and other demographic trends) that were apparent by the end of the 1980s have become more pronounced in recent …
Utah
Jorge Iber Utah chronology 1776 A ten-man expedition from Santa Fe, led by Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Fray Silvestre Velez de Escalante, visits Utah. 1847 Mormon pioneers arrive …
Washington Travel Destinations
Washington’s Latinos in the Twenty-First Century Despite the growing Latin American influence in Washington, the dynamic growth in the state’s Latino population over time has lead to several social …
Virginia
Maria Eugenia Verdaguer Virginia chronology In 1524 Spanish explorer Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon sails up the James River and the Chesapeake Bay from Hispaniola. In 1526 he founds the …
Travel to Utah
Latinos in Utah: The Chicano Movement and Reagan Era (1968-1990) With the genesis of SOCIO, Utah Latinos established a nondenominational association with the goal of improving their social and …