Foreigners In Their Own Land | KCET
Foreigners In Their Own Land
Survey the history and people from 1565-1880, as the first Spanish explorers enter North America, the U.S. expands into territories in the Southwest that had been home to Native Americans and English and Spanish colonies, and as the Mexican-American War strips Mexico of half its territories by 1848.
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Latino Americans
Latino Americans
Peril and Promise
Examine the past 30 years, as a second wave of Cubans and hundreds of thousands Salvadorans, Nicaraguans and Guatemalans flee to the U.S., creating a debate over undocumented immigrants.
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Latino Americans
Latino Americans
Pride and Prejudice
Witness the creation of the proud "Chicano" identity as labor leaders organize farm workers in California, and as activists push for better education opportunities for Latinos, the inclusion of Latino studies and empowerment in the political process.
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Latino Americans
Latino Americans
The New Latinos
Review the decades after World War II through the early 1960s, as swelling numbers of immigrants from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic seek economic opportunities.
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Latino Americans
Latino Americans
War and Peace
Trace the World War II years and those that follow, as Latino Americans serve their new country by the hundreds of thousands, yet still face discrimination and a fight for civil rights in the United States.
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Latino Americans
Latino Americans
Empire of Dreams
See how the American population is reshaped by Latino immigration starting in 1880 and continuing into the 1940s.
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