#Italians had begun to make advances out of the unskilled ranks during the prosperous 1920s, but many gains were overshadowed during the Great Depression
@americanourstory.bsky.social
@americanourstory.bsky.social#Italians had begun to make advances out of the unskilled ranks during the prosperous 1920s, but many gains were overshadowed during the Great Depression
@americanourstory.bsky.social#Italians—both men and women—moved heavily into organized labor during the 1930s, finding the CIO industrial unions especially attractive
@americanourstory.bsky.social#Italians were slow to take part in the American political process. Due to the temporary nature of early migration, few took the time to achieve naturalization in order to vote.
@corrierecanadese.bsky.socialCommunity in mourning for the passing of Rocco Antonio Racioppo
@corrierecanadese.bsky.socialComunità in lutto per la scomparsa di Rocco Antonio Racioppo
@americanourstory.bsky.socialInspired by the pseudo-scientific findings of eugenics and social Darwinism, turn-of-the-century nativists often branded southern #Italians as especially inferior.