Rochester's Latino Community: (Images of America)

The Rochester region traces its roots back to pioneers like Puerto Rican Domingo Delgado, a key Eastman Kodak executive of the 1890s. Like many immigrants before them, Latinos arrived in search of the better opportunities Rochester offered and by the 1950s had an established community with churches and businesses. The 1960s and 1970s brought the development of the Latino identity and foreshadowed the growing political and economic power the community wields today. La region de Rochester tiene sus raíces en pioneros tales como el puertorriqueño Domingo Delgado, un ejecutivo de Eastman Kodak de la década de 1890. Al igual que muchos otros immigrantes antes que ellos, los latinos llegaron en busca de las mejores oportunidades que ofrece Rochester, y al llegar la década de 1950 había una comunidad establecida con iglesias y varias empresas. Los años 1960 y 1970 trajieron el desarrollo de la identidad latina y presagiaron el creciente poder político y económico que la comunidad ejerce hoy en día.

About the Author :
Julio Saenz, a longtime journalist and leader in the Rochester area, has chronicled the Latino community for ConXion and the Democrat and Chronicle. He has spent countless hours researching and documenting the stories of the community's pioneering first families, many of whose descendents are well-known leaders in Rochester today. Julio Sáenz, un periodista veterano y líder en el área de Rochester, ha escrito sobre la comunidad latina para ConXion y el Democrat and Chronicle. Él ha pasado incontables horas investigando y documentando las historias de las primeras familias pioneras de la comunidad, muchos de cuyos descendientes son conocidos líderes en Rochester.

Review :
Title: Book Explores Rochester's Latino Roots Through Photographs Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Date: 6/6/2011 The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing's popular Images of America series is Rochester's Latino Community from local author Julio Saenz. This book is unique to the series as it also gives readers the Spanish translation, while boasting more than 200 vintage photographs and memories of days gone by. The Rochester region traces its roots back to pioneers like Puerto Rican Domingo Delgado, a key Eastman Kodak executive of the 1890s. Like many immigrants before them, Latinos arrived in search of the better opportunities Rochester offered and by the 1950s had an established community with churches and businesses. The 1960s and 1970s brought the development of the Latino identity and foreshadowed the growing political and economic power the community wields today. Julio Saenz, a longtime journalist and leader in the Rochester area, has chronicled the Latino community for ConXion and the Democrat and Chronicle. He has spent countless hours researching and documenting the stories of the community's pioneering first families, many of whose descendents are well-known leaders in Rochester today. Join the Author for the Following Events! ? Friday, June 10 Tapas 177 177 St. Paul Street, Rochester NY ? Saturday, July 9, at 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble 3349 Monroe Avenue, Loehmanns Plaza, NY Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at www.arcadiapublishing.com or (888)-313-2665. Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States. Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America's people and places. Have we done a book on your town? Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com. Title: New book explores Latino history in Rochester Author: Julio Saenz Publisher: Democrat and Chronicle Date: 6/12/2011 The 2010 census shows that Latino population here, like in the rest of the country, is growing. In Rochester's Latino Community, in the Images of America series by Arcadia Publishing, explores the rich history here. In a book that tells history as much through photos as text, Julio Saenz traces Puerto Rican history in Rochester to people like Domingo Delgado, recruited by Eastman Kodak Co. in the 1890s. In the 1940s, the population started taking hold as many migrant workers began coming to the region. Many of today's cultural, religious and political structures of the Latino community took hold in the 1960s. But in the end, the story of Latino immigration and history is about the families, and that story is told in both English and Spanish.