Voices from the Nueva Frontera: Latino Immigration in Dalton, Georgia

Index [Includes Back Cover]

Index Page numbers in boldface refer to individual photographs. A Acosta, José, 5 Acosta, Shellea, 4 Adame, Saúl, 28, 71 African Americans, xvii, 5, 57, 146 Alianza Comunitaria Latino Americana, 29, 35, 114 Amoro, Amisadi, 99–102, 100 Apodaca, Flavio, 10–11 Appalachian Studies Association, xiii Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The, 61–62 B Baird, Jim, 68, 73, 76 Barragán, Adrianna, 134, 134–40 Bautista, Roschelle, 43, 185 Beard, Frankie, 86, 89 Beaulieu of America, 71, 72 Bouckaert, Carl, 72 Boyle, David P., 161, 185 Burnette, Reginald, 4, 12, 21n16 C Calhoun, Lorijo, 85 carpet capital (of the world), xi, xii, 31 carpet production, xii, 3–4, 24, 32 Carter’s Dam, 5, 13, 63, 125 Catholicism, xiv, 31, among Latinos, 61–68, 70–73, 77, 168 Center for a New Hispanic Vision. See Center Nueva Hispana Visión Center Nueva Hispana Visión, 29 Center for Applied Linguistics, 85, 90, 91, 116 Centro Latino, xiv, 12, 29, 68–70, 73–76, 164–65, 181 Chattanooga, Tennessee, 3 Chavez, Martín, 10 Chitwood, (Sheriff) Scott, 147 Coalition of Latino Leaders, xvi, 174 Codjoe, Henry, 105n Collins and Aikman, 8, 18 Conasauga Safe Streets Task Force, 148 Crow, Sandy Benítez, 112, 117, 118–22 D Daily Citizen, The, xiv, 25, 32, 147 Dalton, 3, 4, 24–25, 26, 112, 147, 167; history of, 4; population, 23–24; 83–84, Latino settlement of, 4, 7, 24, 26–27, 52, 62, 107, 125, 145, 161–62, 179; economic conditions, 25–26, 28–32, 146, 162–63; crime in, 147–48 Dalton Middle School, xi, 54, 94–95, 96, 99 Dalton High School, 93–94, 97, 100, 130, 155–57 Dalton Public Schools, xi, xv, 83–99, 107–8, 112–13, 115, 127, 180 Dalton State College, xii, xv–xvi, 11, 31, 76, 99, 101, 125–40, 145, 165–67, 169, 182 Dalton Utilities, 3, 12 Darnell, Kenny, 142n47 Davis, Donald E., 145, 185 Deaton, Thomas M., 3, 185 Dempsey, Dudd, vii Día de Los Muertos, 47 Dominican Republic, xi E Edwards, Tammy, 8 El Informador (newspaper), 25, 33, 34, 73 Index 188 Ellinger, Ken W., 83, 185–86 El Salvador, xi English as a Second Language (ESL), 129–30, 181 English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), xi, 85, 99, 108, 109, 116, 130, 137 Evans, Sheila, 95 F Fernández, Jesús, 50–51 Fifth Avenue (neighborhood), 14, 19 Foley, Virginia, 94 Fleming, Tim, 155 Fraire, Maria, 153–58, 154 Futch, Keith, 153 G Gainesville, Georgia, 147 Gándara, Adrian, xiv, 52–58, 53 gangs, 96, 146, 148–49, 153 García, Alejandro, 51 García, Juan, 12–20, 13 Georgia Project, xii, 9–10, 31, 35, 77, 107–21 González, Regina, 131 González, Tomás, 11–12, 69 Goizueta Foundation, xii, 125 Greenspan, Alan, 151 Gruner, América, 171, 171–75 Guatemala, xi, 90–91, 129, 172 Guerrero, Gilbardo, 70, H Hamann, Edmund T., 116, 124n37 health-care, 29–30, 74–75, 89, 92–93, 149–50 Hervani, Aref A., 11, 23, 186 Honduras, xi housing, 7, 26, 27, 35 I International Academy, 90, 91–92 J Jones, Phil, 91, 103n Juárez, Mexico, 15 K Kessler, Ken, 9, 83 Kirp, David L., 145–46, 153 Kuzniak, Ann, 92 L labor conditions, 4–9, 11–12, 16–17, 51, 146 La Posada, 48, 73 Lara, Javier, 48, 59n Latin American Community Alliance. See Alianza Comunitaria Latino Americana Latino businesses, xii, xiv, 24–25, 28, 29, 31, 34, 43, 47 Latino buying power, 25–26, 31, 180 Latino holidays, 46–49, 51, 73 Latino vs. Hispanic, ix La Voz (newspaper), 36 Logino, John, 69, 77 López, Enrique, 43 Luna, Dorothy, 14 M Mason, Nancy, vii McNeill, Mike, 6 Méndez, Ernesto, 11, 99 Méndez, Zabdiel, 7, 9, 11, 28 Mexico, 47, 49, 53, 55, 67, 113, 120, 129, 135–36, 157, 172; education in, 128 Milsap, Hank, 5, 6, 9 Mitchell, Erwin, 9–10, 34, 107, 108–10, 113, 117, 121 Mohawk Industries, 5, 6, 8, 152–53 Morales, Laura, 10 N New York Times, 30, 151 Nicaragua, xi Nuñez, Rigoberto, vii Index 189 Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center, 28, 29, 116 O oral history, xiii Ortiz, Sammy, 94 Otts, Yvonne, 26–27 P Palacios, Francisco, xiv, 32–36, 33 Parham, Charles, 12 Parker, Jason, 159n15 Parrott, V. D., 3 Patton, Randall, 3 Peeples, Shelby, 16 Pérez, Octavio, 35 P...