Our Southern ‘Roots’ in New Orleans: Early Latino/a Immigration and Its Relevance to a Post-Katrina World by Cristina Kirklighter
Research on early Latino/a immigration in the deep South is minimal largely because of the Black and White racial dichotomy that pervades the South. New Orleans has a rich Latino/a and Spanish presence, yet little research covers Latino/a immigration from the 1700s to the mid- 1900s. This paper will trace the early history of Latino/a…