immigration
My Father Had to Take on Two Jobs
"It made me feel bad to have to ask him for support." http://youtu.be/C1eZYXJ64RE Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarifying Questions The speaker tells us that her family moved...
First Generation
"I never knew I was illegal." http://youtu.be/9UDQ_AbzXHE Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarifying Questions What do we learn about the storyteller’s family? How does the storyteller...
Neither Mexican Nor American
"More importantly than bilingual in my mind is bicultural." http://youtu.be/8ttJCorG4ho Hold a Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you pose? (See How to use the questions for reflection for...
Real Dreamers
"It's especially important for students that have grown up here and don't have another home." http://youtu.be/J7Bj8SWX6-I Hold for Conversation Can you imagine leading a conversation about this story? Where? With whom? What kinds of questions would you pose? (See...
Down the Block
"Grade school was good; y'know, everybody got along, and then they started to have fights in Tolleston park." [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/307912884" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Hold a Conversation Can you...
Me Coming Home
"...the Mexican-American community in the United States – it wasn't really taught in high school." https://youtu.be/7RlvTsqhRMc Transcript for Me Coming Home That’s another mentality, too. Growing up in East Chicago, everyone wanted to know where you were. And you always...
Not Newcomers
“The Latinx communities have been instrumental both as workers, as community members, as beacons of cultural institutions.” https://youtu.be/e6MJyMrmovA Historian Emiliano Aguilar, doctoral student Northwestern University Transcript for Not Newcomers I think one of the most important things to know about...
Repatriation Movement
“From 1929 to 1939 the United States and communities across the United States engaged in a repatriation movement of Mexican nationals.” https://youtu.be/2Sgh9lqLFyY Historian Emiliano Aguilar, doctoral student Northwestern University Transcript for Repatriation Movement So from 1929 to 1939 the United...
Pick Up That Slack
“The tradition of the mutual aid society dates all the way back to the earliest days of the Mexican colonies in Indiana Harbor and Gary, Indiana.” https://youtu.be/QH9lQD9OTSc Historian Emiliano Aguilar, doctoral student Northwestern University Transcript for Pick Up That Slack...