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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
Posted in Blog, Culture, Documentary, Facts, Heritage, History, International, Italian, Italian American, Italy, Sicily
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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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
Posted in Blog, Culture, History, Italian, Italian American, Italy, NIAF, Uncategorized
Tagged Ancestry, Christopher Columbus, Columbus Day, Columbus Day Parade, Heritage, Immigrant, immigration, Indigenous Peoples Day, Italian, Italian American, Italian Americans, Italian Ancestry, Italian Heritage
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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
Posted in Blog, Culture, History, Italian, Italian American, Italy, Travel, Un Minuto con
Tagged American History, Atlantic, History, Immigrant, immigration, Italian, Italian American, Italy, Ships, Travel, U.S. History, United States
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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
Posted in Blog, Culture, Italian, Italian American, Italy, Un Minuto con, Uncategorized
Tagged Immigrant, immigration, Italian, Italy, One Child Policy, Population Growth
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“Memories of the Past” By Rosario Mariani, http://www.europebychoice.com As a small boy in the 1950’s, I remember passing by a shop in the piazza of my small town in Abruzzo and seeing the Rappresentante (“representative”) sign. Obviously, I had no … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culture, History, Italian, Italian American, Italy, Travel, Un Minuto con, Uncategorized
Tagged Culture, History, immigration, Italian, Italian American, Rappresentante, Travel, Travel Agent, Un Minuto con
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Save Columbus Day!
By John. M Viola As many of you are already aware, Tuesday marked a disappointing day for the Italian American community around the nation and most specifically in Seattle, Wash., because the City Council of Seattle voted unanimously to declare the … Continue reading
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