The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, a National Trust Historic Site, is looking back on the history of Puerto Rican migration to New York City throughout the 20th century.While many moved to the country in smaller numbers earlier on, it wasn't until the 1950s when the "Great Migration" of Puerto Ricans came to the United States.
(1902) US declared Puerto Rico a territory (1917) Jones Act granted US citizenship to Puerto Ricans (1942) Hiram Bithorn became the first Puerto Rican baseball player in major leagues – played for Chicago Cubs, (1946) US appointed Jesus T Pinero as Puerto Rico's first governor 2009- On May 26, US President Barack Obama has chosen Sonia Sotomayor, a United States Court of Appeals judge, as his first nominee to the United States Supreme Court. Sotomayor is the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justice. 1508 - Spanish settlement begins; Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon arrives.. 1898 - Under the Treaty of Paris, Puerto Rico is ceded by the Spanish to the US at the end of the Spanish-American War.. 1900 - US Congress institutes civil government in Puerto Rico under the Foraker Act. Sotomayor was To hear firsthand about one Puerto Rican man’s journey to the mainland in the 1950s, listen to interviews with Ralph Soria in the collection “Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting.” US maintains strict control over island affairs, prompting demands for more local control. Puerto Rican Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in as the first Latina Supreme Court Justice. 2010 With no new comprehensive federal immigration policy in place, states began to enact their own. The Historical Narrative. After centuries of immigration by boat, the Puerto Rican migration became the first great airborne migration in U.S. history. Articles in praise of the American flag had appeared in La Prensa, and censorship had generally been relaxed. Introduction: To Angel Rivero, the young Puerto Rican Captain charged with defending Fort San Cristóbal in San Juan that fateful night of August 13, 1898, the signs of peace were all but secured.
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