 | Latinos in Michigan Subjects: Hispanic Americans -- Michigan -- History; Hispanic Americans -- Michigan -- Social conditions; Immigrants -- Michigan -- History; Michigan -- Ethnic relations; Michigan -- Social conditions; The history of Latinos in Michigan is one of cultural diversity, institutional formation, and an ongoing search for leadership in the midst of unique, often intractable circumstances. Latinos have shared a vision of the American Dream--made all the more difficult by the contemporary challenge of cultural assimilation. The complexity of their local struggles, moreover, reflects far-reaching developments on the national stage, and suggests the outlines of a common identity. While facing adversity as rural and urban immigrants, exiles, and citizens, Latinos have contributed culturally, economically, and socially to many important developments in Michigan's history. David A. Badillo is Associate Professor of Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies at Lehman College/CUNY, and has published numerous articles on the history of Latino migration and settlement in the Midwest and Southwest. He has also served as visiting associate professor at Brooklyn College and an assistant professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Professor Badillo published Latinos and the New Immigrant Church in 2006 with Johns Hopkins University Press and is currently writing on education, civil rights, and Mexican-American legal advocacy. |
