Homero León
Homero León Staff Vol. 23, No. 3-4, 2001 pp. 18-19 Homero Leon, an attorney with Georgia Legal Services, who was born in Cuba and immigrated to Miami with his family in 1960 at the age of four. My experiences growing
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The Newest South: A Lotta Cultures Goin’ On
The Newest South: A Lotta Cultures Goin’ On By Hector Tobar Vol. 23, No. 3-4, 2001 pp. 22-23 Reprinted with permission from the May 13, 2001 edition of the Los Angeles Times. In the center of Memphis, a river port
Latino Immigrants in Memphis: Assessing the Economic Impact
Latino Immigrants in Memphis: Assessing the Economic Impact By Marcela Mendoza, David H. Ciscel, and Barbara Ellen Smith Vol. 23, No. 3-4, 2001 pp. 24-26 Immigrants now play a critical part in the labor force across the country, and the
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Creative Collagorations: Latina and Black Women in Knoxville
Creative Collagorations: Latina and Black Women in Knoxville Staff Vol. 23, No. 3-4, 2001 pp. 27-28 In 1992, very few Latinos lived in Knoxville, a city of 173,890 nestled in the mountains of East Tennessee. Tne Latina women connected with
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Looking for a Living Wage
Looking for a Living Wage Reviewed by Amy Schrager Lang Vol. 23, No. 3-4, 2001 pp. 31-32, 34 Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, New York: Metropolitan Books, 2001. In the summer of 1999, just
Transformed Through Activism
Transformed Through Activism By Kathryn L. Nasstrom Vol. 23, No. 3-4, 2001 pp. 33-34 Constance Curry, Joan C. Browning, Dorothy Dawson Burlage, Penny Patch, Theresa Del Pozzo, Sue Thrasher, Elaine DeLott Baker, Emmie Schrader Adams, and Casey Hayden, Deep in