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In 1910, Slovak and other ethnic leaders in the United States successfully petitioned federal authorities to classify a person by their language, rather than country of origin. On the president's orders, new forms replaced the old ones, and Slovaks were no longer classified as "Austrians" or "Hungarians" in the 1910 U.S. Census.
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Victor S. Mamatey – professor of history, active in Slovak immigrant organizations in the United States; Luba Mason – singer-songwriter, actress, dancer; Pola Negri – actress, her father, Juraj Chalupec, was a Slovak immigrant; Paul Newman – actor and film director (his mother was Slovak) [2] [3]
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of Slovak ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. Slovakia portal United States portal
Less concentrated groupings of foreign place names are Norwegian names throughout Minnesota, Czech names in southeast Texas, and Dutch names in the Hudson Valley of New York. The Hudson Valley locations are so named because the area was a Dutch colony before it became an English colony. But not all the immigrants concentrated so heavily.
Printable version; In other projects ... Slovak-American history (4 C, 29 P) P. ... (5 C, 169 P) Pages in category "Slovak diaspora in the United States"
Tells you about the world "Gypsy" and Hungarian Slovak Gypsies. An 80 page published study. Romani Realities in the United States - Harvard University; Gypsy Violins Hungarian Slovak Gypsies in America, 2012 by Steve Piskor ISBN 978-0-578-09989-7; Gypsy Fires in America p. 214 by Irving Brown, 1924 - Irving Brown writes about Braddock, Pa Gypsies
Slovak is located on Arkansas Highway 86 9.1 miles (14.6 km) south of Hazen. [2] It is the only municipality in the United States named after the European country of Slovakia . [ 3 ] The area was originally settled by Slovak immigrants and continues to celebrate its Slovak-American heritage.