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The Haitians in Spring Valley, New York
How Spring Valley, New York became the heart of Haitian Rockland: 1950s factory jobs, the Duvalier exodus, Konbit Neg Lakay and Flag Day on Route 45…
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Stories of the communities that built homes in the United States: how Irish, Italian, Polish, German, Indian and other families set down roots, neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
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The Haitians in Delray Beach, Florida
How Haitians came to Delray Beach, Florida: Bahamas boat crossings, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Creole classrooms and a community that bought its own streets.
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The Haitians in Irvington, New Jersey
Irvington, New Jersey holds the largest Haitian community in the state. Inside its churches, bakeries and two-family houses, a quiet Essex County story.
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The Jamaicans in Mount Vernon, New York
How Jamaican families made Mount Vernon's South Side into Westchester's Caribbean heart, from Ronald Blackwood's City Hall to the bakeries of South Fulton Ave.
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The Guatemalans in Jupiter, Florida
How Maya refugees from Jacaltenango, Guatemala built a community in Jupiter, Florida, from the Center Street day-labour market to the El Sol resource centre.
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The Dominicans in Boston, Massachusetts
How the Dominicans in Boston turned Hyde Square into the city's Latin Quarter: the Miraflores village link to Jamaica Plain, the parade, and life today.
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The Salvadorans in Hyattsville, Maryland
How Salvadorans made Hyattsville, Maryland home: from the El Salvador civil war to the pupuserias of Riggs Road and the CASA centre near Langley Park.
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The Somalis in Saint Cloud, Minnesota
How Somali refugees became one in ten residents of Saint Cloud, Minnesota: the meatpacking jobs, the mosques, the markets and the schools of the Granite City.
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The Somalis in Faribault, Minnesota
How Somali refugees came to Faribault, Minnesota for turkey-plant jobs and built a mosque, markets and a main street, remaking a 170-year-old mill town.
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The Puerto Ricans in Camden, New Jersey
How Puerto Ricans came to Camden, New Jersey for the canneries and shipyards, built the San Juan Bautista parade, and became the heart of the city.
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The Colombians in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Inside Little Colombia on Elizabeth's Morris Avenue: how more than 15,000 Colombians from Cali and Medellin built New Jersey's largest Colombian district.
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The Puerto Ricans in Bridgeport, Connecticut
How Bridgeport's East Side became one of Connecticut's largest Puerto Rican communities, from postwar factory jobs to the Young Lords and the July parade.
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