The United States is again denying asylum to refugees and sending them back to places where they face persecution, economic ...

He is currently involved with the Wooster Square Italian Immigrant Historical Society, which seeks to promote and preserve the rich Italian immigrant history of New Haven. Frank Carrano served for ...

Italian immigrants faced discrimination and adversity but persevered, establishing businesses and contributing to the community. The exhibit highlights Italian traditions, including food ...

Since the market’s beginnings in the mid-1880s, through 140 years to today ... The stalls were the stores, though as immigrant Italian families gained stronger footholds it became common for them to ...

In the 1840s, numerous Irish people arrived; the largest wave of German immigration to the United States occurred between 1840 and 1880, and in the 1920s, southern and eastern Europeans started ...

Italians began migrating to the St. Joseph River Valley in the 1880s, when many found jobs ... and pioneer Rocco Simeri employed many early immigrants building South Bend’s infrastructure.

Celebrations of Columbus gained momentum as Italian immigration grew from a trickle to a flood. Beginning in the 1880s, Italian immigrants began pouring into the U.S. in search of opportunity and ...

Between 1880 and 1920, some four million Italian immigrants left impoverished towns throughout southern Italy to seek a better life for their families in the U.S. Upon their arrival in America ...

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This makes up the largest ethnic group in the state. Between 1880 and 1920, 4 million Italian immigrants entered the United States, most of them taking their first steps on American soil at Ellis ...