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Is there a unique way of life that Latinos have made in the Midwest? Marquette University Professor Serge Gonzalez will address this question and how Latinos have transformed the American Heartland.
From 2000 to 2010 the Latino population increased by more than 73% across eight U.S. midwestern states. This presentation will examine the issues of history, education, literature, art and politics defining today's Latino communities in the Midwest. Also examined is whether there is a particular way of life that Latino migrants, immigrants and refugees have made in the Midwest, one that is distinct from how Latino people have lived in other parts of the country.
Presenter Sergio M. Gonzalez is an assistant professor of Latinx Studies at Marquette University in Milwaukee. As a historian of twentieth-century U.S. immigration, labor and religion, his scholarship focuses on the development of Latino communities in the Midwest. He is the author of Mexicans in Wisconsin (Wisconsin HIstorical Society 2017) and of the forthcoming title, Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in 20th Century Wisconsin.