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The project actively documents and researches the earliest Puerto Rican and Mexican immigrants that came to Pontiac in the 1940s and 1920s respectively. They maintain a growing library of newspaper clippings, personal photographs, and audio and video recordings, as well as acquisitions from the defunct Pontiac Latin Affairs Office.
Padilla was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Pontiac in 1953. [4] He secured a job delivering mail for the school district of the city of Pontiac. During this time there was a bombing 10 school buses by the Ku Klux Klan during which he and seven others (Loren Spangler, Mordica J. Barefoot, W. K. Skelton, Wilbur Johnson, George Jones, Charles Spain, and Norman Brower) entered buses of their own ...
In 2004 58.5% of the people of Hispanic origin in the Wayne County-Macomb County-Oakland County tri-county area were Mexicans. [1] The Hispanic population is 8% of Detroit proper, mainly Mexican and then Puerto Rican.
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Hispanic and Latino Americans in Michigan Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hispanics and Latinos in Michigan . Subcategories
The American GI Forum (AGIF) is a congressionally chartered Hispanic veterans and civil rights organization founded in 1948. Its motto is "Education is Our Freedom and Freedom should be Everybody's Business". AGIF operates chapters throughout the United States, with a focus on veterans' issues, education, and civil rights.
Hispanic Heritage Month is from Sept.15-Oct. 15. It honors history and culture while emphasizing the importance of identity and representation.
The Hispanic Federation (HF) is a U.S based non-governmental organization focused on supporting Hispanic communities through local, state, and national advocacy. The Federation was founded in New York City in 1990 by a small group of Latino leaders, establishing initiatives to advocate for the interests of the Hispanic community and has expanded to establish programs, and policies in 16 states ...
In 2004, Oakland County had 28,999 Latinos, with 8,463 (29%) of them living in the City of Pontiac. 54.3% of Latinos in Oakland County of age 25 and older completed higher education, the highest such percentage in the tri-county area.