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Tag Archives: Racial Discrimination
The Powell Tribune’s La Pagina Español
National Hispanic Heritage Month, which spans the period from September 15 to October 15, was first observed as a heritage week under President Lyndon Johnson in 1968 then became a federally recognized heritage month under President Ronald Regan in 1988. … Continue reading
Posted in Agricultural history, community collections, Digital collections, Hispanic Heritage Month, Immigration, Immigration Policy, Mexican-American history, Racial bias, Uncategorized, Under-documented communities, Wyoming history
Tagged Beet farming, Community Events, Ethnic Segregation, Great Western Sugar Company, Lovell Wyoming, Migrant workers, Powell Tribune, Powell Wyoming, Racial Discrimination, Wyoming Newspapers
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Nisei Soldiers of World War II: Overcoming Prejudice, Upholding Patriotism
As we honor the fallen for Memorial Day, the American Heritage Center would like to shine a spotlight on a small but mighty group, the Japanese American soldiers of World War II. Known collectively as Nisei, a term originating in … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American history, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Japanese American history, Japanese internment, Racial bias, Uncategorized, World War II
Tagged 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Frank T. Hachiya, Heart Mountain Interpretative Center, Internment Camps, Japanese American Community, Japanese American Experience, Japanese American Internment, Nakada brothers, Nisei soldiers, Patriotism, Racial Discrimination, War Relocation Authority, World War II, Yukitaka "Terry" Mizutari
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Lovell’s Latin American Colony
In 1916, the sugar beet industry brought the first serious wave of Mexican-speaking migrants to Lovell: betabeleros, the beet workers, to hoe the fields and help with the harvest. Yet most were not Mexican nationals, but rather Spanish-speaking people from … Continue reading
Posted in Agricultural history, community collections, Immigration, Local history, Mexican-American history, Uncategorized, Under-documented communities, Western history, Wyoming history
Tagged Community Organizations, Discrimination in the 20th Century, Great Western Company, Labor Migration, Latin American Immigration, Lovell, Mexican Colony, Mexican Nationals, Racial Discrimination, Sugar Beet Workers
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Wyoming Equality Day: Liz Byrd’s quest to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
Did you perhaps wonder as you sipped your coffee this morning about how Wyoming Equality Day originated? Cheyenne native and Wyoming state legislator Harriett Elizabeth “Liz” Byrd was the guiding individual behind it. Byrd was the first black woman to … Continue reading
Posted in African American history, Martin Luther King Jr., Political history, Social justice, Women in Politics, women's history, Wyoming history
Tagged Civil Rights Movement, Harriett Elizabeth Byrd, Liz Byrd, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. Day, politics, Racial Discrimination, Wyoming Equality Day; Harriett Elizabeth Byrd;, Wyoming history
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