Map of Kentucky
Kentucky notable latinos Cardenal, Ernesto (1925-). The Nicaraguan priest and poet spent some of his formative years at a Kentucky monastery. After supporting a failed revolt against dictator Anastasio …
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Hawaii Map
NOTABLE LATINOS Camacho Souza, Blase (1918-). Camacho Souza founded the Puerto Rican Heritage Society in 1980, and he is also the project director of the Puerto Rican House at …
Louisiana Metro Map
Historical overview When Louisiana became the 18th state of the Union in 1812, the territory was already seeped in the linguistic, historical, and cultural antecedents that had made New …
Travel to Louisiana
CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS The Latino presence in Louisiana predates and is coterminous with the economic and social development of the state. As one of the principal centers of journalistic and …
Kansas bibliography
Avila, Henry J. Immigration and Integration: The Mexican American Community in Garden City, Kansas, 1900-1950. Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains 20, no. 1 (1997): 22-37. Benson, …
Maine
CHRONOLOGY 1524 First Spanish exploration of the coast of Maine. 1940 The U.S. Census Department makes the first Latino population estimate (60) residing in Maine. 1990s Latino businesses emerge …
Miranda Hart
CHRISTMAS WITH BRITAIN’S BIGGEST FAMILY What happens if there are so many for Christmas dins they can barely fit round the table? Large families let cameras film their (2014) …
Holiday in Indiana
Crawling Their Way into Politics Before the 1940s, prejudice and discrimination prompted Mexicans to engage in self-defense and protest. The initial actions were usually formal complaints to local authorities …