Rochester's Latino Community Bilingual Edition [Paperback]

The Rochester region traces its roots back to pioneers like Puerto Rican Domingo Delgado, a key Eastman Kodak executive of the 1890s. Like many immigrants before them, Latinos arrived in search of the better opportunities Rochester offered and by the 1950s had an established community with churches and businesses. The 1960s and 1970s brought the development of the Latino identity and foreshadowed the growing political and economic power the community wields today.

?La region de Rochester tiene sus ra??ces en pioneros tales como puertorrique??o Domingo Delgado, un ejecutivo de Eastman Kodak de la d??cada de 1890. Al igual que muchos immigrantes antes que ellos, los latinos llegaron en busca de las mejores oportunidades que ofrece Rochester y a llegar la d??cada de 1950 hab??a una comunidad establecida con iglesias y las empresas. Los a??os 1960 y 1970 trajo el desarrollo de la identidad latina y presagi?? el creciente poder pol??tico y econ??mico de la comunidad ejerce hoy en d??a.Title: New book explores Latino history in Rochester

Author: Julio Saenz

Publisher: Democrat and Chronicle

Date: 6/12/2011



The 2010 census shows that Latino population here, like in the rest of the country, is growing.



In Rochester's Latino Community, in the Images of America series by Arcadia Publishing, explores the rich history here. In a book that tells history as much through photos as text, Julio Saenz traces Puerto Rican history in Rochester to people like Domingo Delgado, recruited by Eastman Kodak Co. in the 1890s.



In the 1940s, the population started taking hold as many migrant workers began coming to the region. Many of today's cultural, religious and political structures of the Latino community took hold in the 1960s.



But in the end, the story of Latino immigration and history is about the families, and that story is told in both English and Spanish.Title:Book Explores Rochester???s Latino Rol£$