ISBN:
9780252053993
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xiv, 263 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white).
Series Statement:
Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest
Series Statement:
Illinois scholarship online
Series Statement:
Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest.
Series Statement:
Illinois scholarship online.
Parallel Title:
Print version :
DDC:
305.868073077456
Keywords:
Hispanic Americans History.
;
Hispanic Americans Politics and government.
;
Mexican Americans Social conditions.
;
Puerto Ricans Social conditions.
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Immigrants Social conditions.
;
Society.
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Society & culture: general.
;
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Ethnic relations.
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Grand Rapids (Mich.) Race relations.
Abstract:
Large numbers of Latino migrants began to arrive in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the 1950s. They joined a small but established Spanish-speaking community of people from Texas, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Delia Fernández-Jones merges storytelling with historical analysis to recapture the placemaking practices that these Mexicans, Tejanos, and Puerto Ricans used to create a new home for themselves. Faced with entrenched white racism and hostility, Latinos of different backgrounds formed powerful relationships to better secure material needs like houses and jobs and to recreate community cultural practices. Their pan-Latino solidarity crossed ethnic and racial boundaries and shaped activist efforts that emphasised working within the system to advocate for social change.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2023.
DOI:
10.5622/illinois/9780252044847.001.0001
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