Category: History
Missouri bibliography Baldassaro, Lawrence, and Richard A. Johnson. The American Game: Baseball and Ethnicity. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2002. Corey, Andrea. La Clinica Offers Health Care to Hispanic …
Changing Patterns of Mexican Migration to Nevada An outcome of Mexico’s economic crisis of 1982 was migration from the interior Mexican states of Morelos, Hidalgo, Durango, Zacatecas, and the …
Nevada The Bracero Program When World War II created a labor shortage in the United States, the federal government signed an agreement in 1942 with the Mexican government that …
New Jersey Latinos in Government Latinos have gradually become involved in politics in New Jersey. In 1985, through the Latin American Civic Center and the Hispanic Business and Professional …
The growing population of Latinos in Massachusetts has added greatly to the commonwealth’s diverse culture. Their influence can be seen in the arts, theater, music, food, and sports. The …
Nevada The New Latino Power Brokers In the late 1970s and early 1980s the increasingly conservative business and professional classes in the Latino community emerged, and with them the …
New Jersey notable latinos Unanue, Joseph (1925-). Businessman Joseph Unanue, a Puerto Rican, fought in World War II and received a Bronze Star Medal for bravery. He then received …
That Nevada depends on migrant labor was made clear in the May 2006 immigration rally. Nevada’s resort industry and the 60,000-member Culinary Union have long been allies on the …
