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Tag Archives: Immigrant
Book Review: Rope and Soap
Rope and Soap: Lynchings of Italians in the United States by Patrizia Salvetti “Eleven Italians, some of whom were awaiting trial while others had been already acquitted, were forcibly removed from jail by a mob and lynched in public with the … Continue reading
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June 18, 2018
Tagged American History, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Criminal, Discrimination, History, Immigrant, immigrants, immigration, Italian, Italian American, Italian History, Italian Immigrant, Italian immigrants, Law, literature, Lynching, Lynchings, New Orleans, New Orleans History, nonfiction, Sicilian, Sicilian American, Sicily, United States Immigration, United States of America
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Finding Your Roots
Words cannot adequately describe the experience that our family had with Roots ’n Tours during our visit to Sicily. We had asked Rosario and his team to help us do some research on our family prior to our trip. Through … Continue reading
A Day about Italians Should Be Called Just That
By John M. Viola, President, National Italian American Foundation For the past few years, as summer fades into autumn and October approaches, I’m inevitably inundated with calls from media to talk about the great elephant in the Italian American room: Columbus … Continue reading
Un Giorno con Gigi (A Day with Gigi)
Captured (written) by The Recipe Hunters in Calabria, Italy We’re sharing a blog post from our guest blogger team, The Recipe Hunters, of an adventure they had while traveling through Calabria as they searched for authentic, Italian recipes. You can read … Continue reading
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September 21, 2016
Tagged Blog, Calabria, Calabrian, Catholic Church, Catholic Tradition, Catholicism, Church, Fagioli, Feast, Feast Day, Food Blog, Food Bloggers, Fusilli, Guest Blog, Heritage, Holy Relic, Homemade, Homemade Pasta, Immigrant, Italian, Italian American, Italian culture, Italian Food, Italian Heritage, Italian History, Italian immigrants, Italian Tradition, Italy, National Italian American Foundation, NIAF, Olive, Olive grove, Olives, Pasta, Recipe, Recipes, Religious Feast, Saint Hilarion, Sant'Ilarione, The Recipe Hunters, Tradition, Zeppole
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Meet NIAF
We want you to know the staff working behind-the-scenes here at the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), so we are taking the opportunity to introduce you to one of our staff members! This week, we introduce you to Julia Streisfeld, … Continue reading
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August 2, 2016
Tagged Ancestry, arancini, Culture, Dante, Dante Alighieri, Famiglia, Immigrant, immigrants, Italian, Italian American, Italian Ancestry, Italian culture, Italian Family, Italian Heritage, Italian History, Italian immigrants, Italian Language, Italian Life, Italian literature, Italian major, Italian Pride, Italian studies, Italian Style, New York, New York City, NIAF, NIAF Blog, Pesto, prosciutto
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Un Minuto con…
Crossing the Atlantic by Ship or by Plane By Rosario Mariani, http://www.europebychoice.com During the post-war era, from 1950 to 1969, every major European country had a fleet of ships positioned in the North Atlantic in order to carry millions of … Continue reading
Un Minuto con…
The Population Growth of Italy By Rosario Mariani, http://www.europebychoice.com Last week China ended the “One-Child” policy put in place in 1970’s to ensure that the fruits of economic growth were not going to be devoured by the out-of-control population explosion. … Continue reading
