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New York HISTORICAL OVERVIEW Size and Location In the year 2005, over 2 million of New York State’s 3 million Latinos were living in New York City. At the …
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Missouri Subway Map
Missouri Latinos in the Show-Me State The Mexican Revolution forced Mexicans who wanted to improve their lives to flee their homeland. Mexican migrants, in particular, were initially attracted to …
Michigan Metro Map
Michigan historical overview The first Latinos to arrive in Michigan were Mexicans who came around 1915 to work in the state’s sugar beet fields, railroad lines, and automobile plants. …
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Montana The Betabeleros of Billings and the Miners of Butte The history of Latinos, mostly Mexicans, is in part due to two major conglomerates of the early twentieth century: …
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The Long Michigan Recession By the end of the 1960s Michigan industries again began laying off workers. Unlike the cyclical downturns of 1920 and the 1930s, the layoffs that …
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New Jersey Latino Life in New Jersey Many of the Latino migrants in New Jersey came as families, and some formed families here. This core unit was an important …
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New Jersey The First Waves The beginning of a greater movement of Latinos to New Jersey took place during World War II. With so many workers in the armed …
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Montana NOTABLE LATINOS Lisa, Manuel (1772-1820). Born in New Orleans, Lisa was the first successful trading and trapping entrepreneur in Montana. He established Fort Lisa (or Fort Manuel) on …