Poor Richard’s Almanack
Famous for such pithy sayings as Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise, Poor Richard’s Almanack was published annually by Benjamin Franklin …
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American Punishment and Religion
Religion was an important feature of crime and punishment in colonial America, probably even more so than in England. Many of the religious dissenters who migrated to America, such …
Colorado Guide for Tourist
Colorado Latinos and Racism In response to the racial prejudice that they encountered, Colorado’s Latino communities maintained grassroots efforts to strengthen their communities. Though Colorado’s Latino community did not …
California Chicano Social Movements
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Latino youth of Mexican descent reclaimed their ethnic identity and mobilized around it. Referring to themselves as Chicanos (a derivative of Mexicano and members …
California historical overview
The most populous state in the country, with an estimated 35.5 million residents according to the 2000 census, California has long been a Latino stronghold. Its first Latino presence …
Holiday in Arkansas
Latinos in Today’s Arkansas Although the Latino population remains concentrated in Little Rock, northwest Arkansas, and poultry-producing areas in Arkansas, by the early 2000s, the Latino presence was felt …
California Early Latino Settlements
California’s colonization began first with the arrival of Portuguese sailors exploring the coastline and continued with Spanish soldiers and Franciscan missionaries who accompanied them. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese …
Equity and Access at the End of the Twentieth Century Colorado
The same radical politics of Chicano nationalism spilled over into rural San Luis when, in 1978, three Chicano activists formed the Land Rights Council of San Luis to fight …