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ten\tla\tCalle\tSouth\tDivision\tfue\tsimpática\ty\talguna\tgente\t\nfue\tmal\tdispuesta\ta\tla\tnuevamente\tllegada\tfamilia\tMaurás.\tÉl\tdice\tque\t\nmucho\tse\tha\tfirmado\tuna\tpetición\tpara\thaber\tmandado\tlos\t\npuertorriqueños\ta\tPuerto\tRico.\tÉl\tdice\tque\tla\tpolicía\tcolaboró\tcon\t\nesto.\tEn\tel\taño\t1956,\tél\tvio\tun\tgrupo\tde\tpersonas,\tincluyendo\tla\tpolicía\t\nque,\tél\tpensó,\tse\tjuntaron\tpara\tmandar\tlos\tpuertorriqueños\ta\tPuerto\t\nRico.\n11:14\t-\tRumors\tof\tpetitions\nPedro\theard\trumors\tthat\tsomeone\tin\tthe\tneighbor\twas\tpassing\t\naround\tpetitions\tto\tget\tthe\tPuerto\tRicans\tsent\tback\tto\ttheir\tcountry\t\nbecause\tthe\tpeople\tin\tthe\tneighborhood\tdidn't\tlike\tthat\tthere\twas\ta\t\nnew\tand\tdifferent\tethnic\tgroup\tcoming\tin.\tPedro\tapproached\tFather\t\nCarl\tJ.\tFenice\tof\tSt.\tLucy's\tParish\tasking\tfor\tpermission\tto\tinvite\tthe\t\npolice\tofficers\twho\twere\tcollaborating\twith\tthe\tpetitioners\tto\ttry\tand\t\nspeak\twith\tthem\tabout\tnot\ttaking\taction\tagainst\tthe\tHispanic\t\ncommunity.\nPedro\tescuchó\trumores\tque\talguien\ten\tel\tbarrio\tpasaba\tuna\tpetición\t\npara\tmandar\ta\tlos\tpuertorriqueños\ta\tsu\tpaís\tporque\ta\tla\tgente\ten\tel\t\nbarrio\tno\tle\tgustó\tla\tllegada\tde\tun\tnuevo\tgrupo\tétnico.\tPedro\tse\tacercó\t\nal\tPadre\tCarl\tJ.\tFenice\tde\tla\tIglesia\tSanta\tLucia\tpidiendo\tpermiso\tpara\t\ninvitar\ta\tla\tpolicía\tque\testaban\tcolaborando\tcon\tlos\tpeticionarios\tpara\t\nintentar\tde\thablar\tcon\tellos\ty\tpedirles\tque\tno\ttomasen\tacción\tcontra\t\nde\tla\tcomunidad\thispana.\n16:04\t-\tLiving\tat\tthe\tFarm\nPedro\tsays\tthe\tMilitelli\tBrothers\tFarm\ttreated\thim\twell.\tHe\tsays\tthey\t\nwere\t\"good\tpeople.\"\tDuring\tthe\tworkweek\the\tlived\tat\tthe\tfarm\tin\ta\t\n\"shanty,\"\twhich\twasn't\tgood\tbut\twasn't\tbad.\n\n�Pedro\tdice\tque\tla\tGranja\tde\tlos\tHermanos\tMilitelli\tle\ttrató\tbien.\tÉl\tdice\t\nque\tellos\tfueron\t“buena\tgente”.\tDurante\tla\tsemana\tlaboral\tél\tvivía\ta\tla\t\ngranja\ten\t“una\tchabola”,\tla\tcual\tno\tera\tbuena\tpero\tno\tera\tmala.\n20:09\t-\tOrganizing\tthe\tLatin\tAmerican\tDemocratic\tClub\nIn\t1960,\tthe\tleaders\tof\tthe\tHispanic\tCommunity\tfounded\tthe\tLatin\t\nAmerican\tDemocratic\tClub\t(Later\tchanged\tto\tthe\tPuerto\tRican\t\nAmerican\tCommunity\tAssociation\t-\tPRACA)\tto\twork\ttogether\tto\t\nsupport\tthe\tHispanic\tcommunity.\tAt\tthe\ttime,\tother\tethnic\tgroups\tin\t\nthe\tcommunity\twere\tpetitioning\tto\thave\tthe\tPuerto\tRicans\tsent\tback\t\nto\tthe\tisland\tbecause\tof\tracism\tand\tdiscrimination.\nEn\tel\taño\t1960,\tlos\tlíderes\tde\tla\tcomunidad\thispana\tfundaron\tel\tLatin\t\nAmerican\tDemocratic\tClub\t(Más\ttarde\tse\tcambió\tal\tPuerto\tRican\t\nAmerican\tCommunity\tAssociation\t–\tPRACA)\tpara\ttrabajar\tjuntos\ta\t\napoyar\ta\tla\tcomunidad\thispana.\tEn\tese\tmomento,\tlos\totros\tgrupos\t\nétnicos\ten\tla\tcomunidad\tpeticionaron\tque\tlos\tpuertorriqueños\tse\t\nvolvieran\ta\tla\tisla\tpor\tla\tculpa\tdel\tracismo\ty\tla\tdiscriminación.\n26:32\t-\tDiscrimination\tagainst\tHispanic\tdances\nThe\tPuerto\tRican\tcommunity\twanted\tto\tbuild\ta\tcenter\tfor\tthemselves\t\nto\tpromote\ttheir\tculture\tand\theritage,\tbecause\tthey\twould\thave\tto\tpay\t\nrent\tat\thalls\tand\tmany\ttimes\tthe\thalls\twere\treluctant\tto\trent\tto\tthe\t\nHispanic\tcommunity.\nLa\tcomunidad\tpuertorriqueña\tquería\tconstruir\tun\tcentro\tpara\tsí\t\nmisma\tpara\tpromover\tsu\tcultura\ty\therencia,\tporque\tellos\thabrían\t\npagado\tla\trenta\ten\totros\tsitios\tde\tbanquetas\ty\tmuchas\tveces\testos\t\nsitios\tfueron\tmal\tdispuestos\ta\trentarlos\ta\tla\tcomunidad\thispana.\n31:00\t-\tThe\tbilingual\tprogram\tbegins\nPedro\twas\tworking\twith\tthe\tState\tCommission\tof\tHuman\tRights\tin\t\n1965\t...\taround\t1970\tPedro\treceived\ta\tcall\tfrom\tan\tadministrator\tof\t\nthe\tprograms\tof\teducation\t-\tEugene\tReville\t(spelling?).\tReville\twanted\t\nPedro\tto\tgo\tto\tthe\tBoard\tof\tEducation\tat\tCity\tHall\tto\tselect\tsomeone\tto\t\ndirect\tthe\tbilingual\tproject.\nPedro\ttrabajaba\tcon\tel\tState\tCommission\tof\tHuman\tRights\ten\tel\taño\t\n1965…alrededor\tdel\taño\t1970\tPedro\trecibió\tuna\tllamada\tdel\t\nadministrador\tde\tlos\tprogramas\tde\tla\teducación\t–\tEugene\tReville\t\n\n�(ortografía?).\tReville\tquería\tque\tPedro\tfuera\ta\tla\tJunta\tde\tEducación\t\nen\tel\tayuntamiento\tpara\telegir\ta\talguien\tdel\tpuesto\tde\tdirector\tdel\t\nprograma\tde\tla\teducación\tbilingüe.\n46:59\t-\tPedro\tfights\tfor\tscholarship\tfunding\tfor\tHispanics\nPedro\twas\tupset\tbecause\tthe\tUpward\tBound\tProgram\tat\tthe\t\nUniversity\tat\tBuffalo\twas\tset\tup\tto\tgive\tscholarships\tto\tminority\t\nstudents.\tUp\tuntil\tthis\tpoint,\tonly\tAfrican\tAmericans\treceived\tthe\t\nscholarship\tso\tPedro\tconfronted\tthe\tUniversity\tand\tasked\tthem\tto\t\nextend\tthe\tprogram\tto\tHispanic\tstudents\tas\twell.\tThis\teffort\thelped\t\nincrease\tthe\tnumber\tof\tHispanic\tstudents\tattending\tUB.\nPedro\tse\tenojó\tporque\tfue\tfundado\tel\tprograma\tde\tUpward\tBound\ta\tla\t\nUniversidad\ta\tBúfalo\tpara\tdarles\tbecas\ta\tlos\testudiantes\tamericanos\t\nafricanos\tpara\tque\tasistan\ta\tla\tuniversidad.\tLa\tbeca\tfue\tfundada\tpara\t\ntodos\tlos\testudiantes\tminoritarias.\tSe\tenfrentó\ta\tla\tadministración\ty\tla\t\npidió\tque\tabriera\tla\tbeca\ta\tlos\thispanos\ttambién.\tEsta\tacción\tayudó\ta\t\naumentar\tel\tnúmero\tde\testudiantes\thispanos\ta\tUB.\n50:16\t-\tPedro\tcreates\ta\tbaseball\tteam\nPedro\tgathered\ta\tmeeting\tof\tplayers\tand\tfounded\t“The\tPuerto\tRicans”\t\nin\t1957.\nPedro\tjuntó\tuna\treunión\tde\tjugadores\ty\tfundó\tel\tequipo\t“los\t\nPuertorriqueños”\ten\tel\taño\t1957.\n1:02:02\t-\tDiscrimination\tin\tthe\tHall\tof\tFame\nA\tgroup\tfrom\tBlasdell\thad\ta\tdinner\tfor\tHall\tof\tFame\tbaseball\tgroups.\t\nThere\twere\tno\tPuerto\tRicans\trepresented\tso\tPedro\thad\ta\tmeeting\tin\t\nhis\tapartment\tto\tprotest\tthe\tperceived\tdiscrimination.\nUn\tgrupo\tde\tBlasdell\ttuvo\tuna\trecepción\tpara\tlos\tgrupos\tde\tbéisbol\t\ndel\tHall\tof\tFame.\tNo\thubo\tningunos\tpuertorriqueños,\tpues\tPedro\t\njuntó\tuna\treunión\ten\tsu\tdepartamento\tpara\tprotestar\tla\t\ndiscriminación\tpercibida.\n1:04:06\t-\tA\tgathering\tplace\nPedro\tdescribes\tthe\tatmosphere\tof\tthe\tbaseball\tgames.\nPedro\tdescribe\tel\tambiente\tde\tlos\tpartidos\tde\tbéisbol.\n\n�1:20:19\t-\tDon't\tput\tyour\tculture\taside\n\"Culture\tis\tyou...you\tforget\tyour\tculture,\tyou\tforget\tyour\troots...you're\t\nhanging\tby\ta\tthread.\"\n“Tú\teres\tla\tcultura…se\tolvida\tla\tcultura,\tse\tpierden\tlas\traíces…se\t\ncuelga\tpor\tun\thilo.”\n\t\n1:27:53\t-\tThe\tfirst\tHispanic\tconference\tin\tany\tcounty\nIn\t1971\tPedro\torganized\tthe\tfirst\tHispanic\tconference\tin\tLackawanna,\t\nNY.\nEn\tel\taño\t1971\tPedro\torganizó\tla\tprimera\tconferencia\thispana\ten\t\nLackawanna,\tNY.\n\n�"]]]]]]]]],["collection",{"collectionId":"3"},["elementSetContainer",["elementSet",{"elementSetId":"1"},["name","Dublin 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Pedro's brother was already living in the region and wanted to give Pedro the same opportunity.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">El hermano de Pedro le escribió mientras Pedro trabajaba en la plantación de caña de azúcar y le dijo que hubo trabajo en Búfalo. El hermano de Pedro ya vivía en la región y quería la misma oportunidad para Pedro.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>6:27 - Pedro had no schooling</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">\"One thing that I probably should mention is that I had no schooling whatsoever. When I moved to the country when I was about 7 years of age I was taken out of a one room classroom\" - he was taken out of school and never put back into school.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">“Una cosa que debo mencionar es que yo no tuve ninguna educación formal. Cuando me mudó a este país cuando tuve 7 años de edad, se me sacó de una escuela de un aula.” – se sacó Pedro de la escuela y él nunca volvió.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>10:09 - Sharpen up, get learned</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">\"Sharpen up, kid. Learn\" is what Pedro was told ... he never forgot that.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">“¡Agúcese! Aprenda” es lo que le fue dicho a Pedro…él nunca se lo olvidó.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>10:45 - South Division Street in 1955</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Some people on South Division St. were friendly and some were reluctant of the newly arrived Maurás family. He says some may have actually petitioned to have Puerto Ricans sent back to Puerto Rico. He says the police collaborated with this. In 1956 he saw a gathering of people, police included, that he believed were meeting to send the Puerto Ricans home.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Alguna gente en la Calle South Division fue simpática y alguna gente fue mal dispuesta a la nuevamente llegada familia Maurás. Él dice que mucho se ha firmado una petición para haber mandado los puertorriqueños a Puerto Rico. Él dice que la policía colaboró con esto. En el año 1956, él vio un grupo de personas, incluyendo la policía que, él pensó, se juntaron para mandar los puertorriqueños a Puerto Rico.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>11:14 - Rumors of petitions</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro heard rumors that someone in the neighbor was passing around petitions to get the Puerto Ricans sent back to their country because the people in the neighborhood didn't like that there was a new and different ethnic group coming in. Pedro approached Father Carl J. Fenice of St. Lucy's Parish asking for permission to invite the police officers who were collaborating with the petitioners to try and speak with them about not taking action against the Hispanic community.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro escuchó rumores que alguien en el barrio pasaba una petición para mandar a los puertorriqueños a su país porque a la gente en el barrio no le gustó la llegada de un nuevo grupo étnico. Pedro se acercó al Padre Carl J. Fenice de la Iglesia Santa Lucia pidiendo permiso para invitar a la policía que estaban colaborando con los peticionarios para intentar de hablar con ellos y pedirles que no tomasen acción contra de la comunidad hispana.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>16:04 - Living at the Farm</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro says the Militelli Brothers Farm treated him well. He says they were \"good people.\" During the workweek he lived at the farm in a \"shanty,\" which wasn't good but wasn't bad.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro dice que la Granja de los Hermanos Militelli le trató bien. Él dice que ellos fueron “buena gente”. Durante la semana laboral él vivía a la granja en “una chabola”, la cual no era buena pero no era mala.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>20:09 - Organizing the Latin American Democratic Club</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">In 1960, the leaders of the Hispanic Community founded the Latin American Democratic Club (Later changed to the Puerto Rican American Community Association - PRACA) to work together to support the Hispanic community. At the time, other ethnic groups in the community were petitioning to have the Puerto Ricans sent back to the island because of racism and discrimination.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">En el año 1960, los líderes de la comunidad hispana fundaron el Latin American Democratic Club (Más tarde se cambió al Puerto Rican American Community Association – PRACA) para trabajar juntos a apoyar a la comunidad hispana. En ese momento, los otros grupos étnicos en la comunidad peticionaron que los puertorriqueños se volvieran a la isla por la culpa del racismo y la discriminación.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>26:32 - Discrimination against Hispanic dances</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">The Puerto Rican community wanted to build a center for themselves to promote their culture and heritage, because they would have to pay rent at halls and many times the halls were reluctant to rent to the Hispanic community.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">La comunidad puertorriqueña quería construir un centro para sí misma para promover su cultura y herencia, porque ellos habrían pagado la renta en otros sitios de banquetas y muchas veces estos sitios fueron mal dispuestos a rentarlos a la comunidad hispana.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>31:00 - The bilingual program begins</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro was working with the State Commission of Human Rights in 1965 ... around 1970 Pedro received a call from an administrator of the programs of education - Eugene Reville (spelling?). Reville wanted Pedro to go to the Board of Education at City Hall to select someone to direct the bilingual project.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro trabajaba con el State Commission of Human Rights en el año 1965…alrededor del año 1970 Pedro recibió una llamada del administrador de los programas de la educación – Eugene Reville (ortografía?). Reville quería que Pedro fuera a la Junta de Educación en el ayuntamiento para elegir a alguien del puesto de director del programa de la educación bilingüe.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>46:59 - Pedro fights for scholarship funding for Hispanics</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro was upset because the Upward Bound Program at the University at Buffalo was set up to give scholarships to minority students. Up until this point, only African Americans received the scholarship so Pedro confronted the University and asked them to extend the program to Hispanic students as well. This effort helped increase the number of Hispanic students attending UB.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro se enojó porque fue fundado el programa de Upward Bound a la Universidad a Búfalo para darles becas a los estudiantes americanos africanos para que asistan a la universidad. La beca fue fundada para todos los estudiantes minoritarias. Se enfrentó a la administración y la pidió que abriera la beca a los hispanos también. Esta acción ayudó a aumentar el número de estudiantes hispanos a UB.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>50:16 - Pedro creates a baseball team</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro gathered a meeting of players and founded “The Puerto Ricans” in 1957.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro juntó una reunión de jugadores y fundó el equipo “los Puertorriqueños” en el año 1957.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>1:02:02 - Discrimination in the Hall of Fame</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">A group from Blasdell had a dinner for Hall of Fame baseball groups. There were no Puerto Ricans represented so Pedro had a meeting in his apartment to protest the perceived discrimination.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Un grupo de Blasdell tuvo una recepción para los grupos de béisbol del Hall of Fame. No hubo ningunos puertorriqueños, pues Pedro juntó una reunión en su departamento para protestar la discriminación percibida.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>1:04:06 - A gathering place</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro describes the atmosphere of the baseball games.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro describe el ambiente de los partidos de béisbol.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>1:20:19 - Don't put your culture aside</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">\"Culture is you...you forget your culture, you forget your roots...you're hanging by a thread.\"</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">“Tú eres la cultura…se olvida la cultura, se pierden las raíces…se cuelga por un hilo.”</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong><br /> 1:27:53 - The first Hispanic conference in any county</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">In 1971 Pedro organized the first Hispanic conference in Lackawanna, NY.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">En el año 1971 Pedro organizó la primera conferencia hispana en Lackawanna, NY.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"> </p>"]]]]]],["elementSetContainer",["elementSet",{"elementSetId":"1"},["name","Dublin Core"],["description","The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Pedro migrated to Buffalo without a formal education but eventually found employment on a farm south of Buffalo and later in education. Pedro remembers living in a neighborhood where he felt a lot of discrimination and knew the police and other people in the community were trying to send Puerto Ricans back to Puerto Rico. Pedro decided to meet with the police to try and resolve the problem. Later, Pedro was invited to work in City Hall to help establish a bilingual program in the Buffalo Public Schools. Since then, Pedro was actively involved in bringing bilingual and higher education to the Hispanic community. Pedro was responsible for creating a Spanish speaking baseball team and he himself played. Pedro really emphasizes the need to maintain and promote culture and language in the Hispanic community. 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Pedro migrated to\nBuffalo without a formal education but eventually found employment on a farm south of\nBuffalo and later in education.\nPedro remembers living in a neighborhood where he felt a lot of discrimination and knew\nthe police and other people in the community were trying to send Puerto Ricans back to\nPuerto Rico. Pedro decided to meet with the police to try and resolve the problem. Later,\nPedro was invited to work in City Hall to help establish a bilingual program in the Buffalo\nPublic Schools. Since then, Pedro was actively involved in bringing bilingual and higher\neducation to the Hispanic community.\nPedro was responsible for creating a Spanish speaking baseball team and he himself\nplayed. Pedro really emphasizes the need to maintain and promote culture and language in\nthe Hispanic community. He feels these are key components to a rich culture.\nResumen Ejecutivo:\nPedro Maurás nació en Puerto Rico y trabajó en una plantación de caña de azúcar hasta\ncuando recibió noticias de su hermano que había puestos de bueno salario en Búfalo. Pedro\nmigró a Búfalo sin una educación formal pero eventualmente encontró empleo en una\ngranja al sur de Búfalo y más tarde en la educación.\nPedro recuerda del tiempo cuando vivía en un vecindario donde existía mucha\ndiscriminación y sabía que la policía y otra gente en la comunidad trataban de devolver los\npuertorriqueños a Puerto Rico. Pedro decidió de reunirse con la policía y tratar de resolver\nel problema. Más tarde, Pedro fue invitado al ayuntamiento para ayudar establecer un\nprograma bilingüe y en las Buffalo Public Schools. Desde entonces, Pedro estaba\ninvolucrado activamente en llevar el conocimiento a la comunidad hispana sobre la\nimportancia de la educación bilingüe en la escuelas públicas y la necesidad de la educación\nuniversitaria.\n\n�Pedro fue responsable para la creación del equipo hispano hablante de béisbol y él también\njugaba. Pedro enfatiza la necesidad de mantener y promover la cultura y la lengua en la\ncomunidad hispana. Él siente que son componentes claves para una cultura rica.\nStory Clips:\n5:54 - Pedro has a brother in Buffalo\nPedro's brother wrote to him while he was working on the sugar cane\nplantations and told him about the jobs in Buffalo. Pedro's brother was\nalready living in the region and wanted to give Pedro the same opportunity.\nEl hermano de Pedro le escribió mientras Pedro trabajaba en la plantación de\ncaña de azúcar y le dijo que hubo trabajo en Búfalo. El hermano de Pedro ya\nvivía en la región y quería la misma oportunidad para Pedro.\n6:27 - Pedro had no schooling\n\"One thing that I probably should mention is that I had no schooling\nwhatsoever. When I moved to the country when I was about 7 years of age I\nwas taken out of a one room classroom\" - he was taken out of school and\nnever put back into school.\n“Una cosa que debo mencionar es que yo no tuve ninguna educación formal.\nCuando me mudó a este país cuando tuve 7 años de edad, se me sacó de una\nescuela de un aula.” – se sacó Pedro de la escuela y él nunca volvió.\n10:09 - Sharpen up, get learned\n\"Sharpen up, kid. Learn\" is what Pedro was told ... he never forgot that.\n“¡Agúcese! Aprenda” es lo que le fue dicho a Pedro…él nunca se lo olvidó.\n10:45 - South Division Street in 1955\nSome people on South Division St. were friendly and some were reluctant of\nthe newly arrived Maurás family. He says some may have actually petitioned\nto have Puerto Ricans sent back to Puerto Rico. He says the police\ncollaborated with this. In 1956 he saw a gathering of people, police included,\nthat he believed were meeting to send the Puerto Ricans home.\nAlguna gente en la Calle South Division fue simpática y alguna gente fue mal\ndispuesta a la nuevamente llegada familia Maurás. Él dice que mucho se ha\nfirmado una petición para haber mandado los puertorriqueños a Puerto Rico.\nÉl dice que la policía colaboró con esto. En el año 1956, él vio un grupo de\n\n�personas, incluyendo la policía que, él pensó, se juntaron para mandar los\npuertorriqueños a Puerto Rico.\n11:14 - Rumors of petitions\nPedro heard rumors that someone in the neighbor was passing around\npetitions to get the Puerto Ricans sent back to their country because the\npeople in the neighborhood didn't like that there was a new and different\nethnic group coming in. Pedro approached Father Carl J. Fenice of St. Lucy's\nParish asking for permission to invite the police officers who were\ncollaborating with the petitioners to try and speak with them about not\ntaking action against the Hispanic community.\nPedro escuchó rumores que alguien en el barrio pasaba una petición para\nmandar a los puertorriqueños a su país porque a la gente en el barrio no le\ngustó la llegada de un nuevo grupo étnico. Pedro se acercó al Padre Carl J.\nFenice de la Iglesia Santa Lucia pidiendo permiso para invitar a la policía que\nestaban colaborando con los peticionarios para intentar de hablar con ellos y\npedirles que no tomasen acción contra de la comunidad hispana.\n16:04 - Living at the Farm\nPedro says the Militelli Brothers Farm treated him well. He says they were\n\"good people.\" During the workweek he lived at the farm in a \"shanty,\" which\nwasn't good but wasn't bad.\nPedro dice que la Granja de los Hermanos Militelli le trató bien. Él dice que\nellos fueron “buena gente”. Durante la semana laboral él vivía a la granja en\n“una chabola”, la cual no era buena pero no era mala.\n20:09 - Organizing the Latin American Democratic Club\nIn 1960, the leaders of the Hispanic Community founded the Latin American\nDemocratic Club (Later changed to the Puerto Rican American Community\nAssociation - PRACA) to work together to support the Hispanic community.\nAt the time, other ethnic groups in the community were petitioning to have\nthe Puerto Ricans sent back to the island because of racism and\ndiscrimination.\nEn el año 1960, los líderes de la comunidad hispana fundaron el Latin\nAmerican Democratic Club (Más tarde se cambió al Puerto Rican American\nCommunity Association – PRACA) para trabajar juntos a apoyar a la\ncomunidad hispana. En ese momento, los otros grupos étnicos en la\n\n�comunidad peticionaron que los puertorriqueños se volvieran a la isla por la\nculpa del racismo y la discriminación.\n26:32 - Discrimination against Hispanic dances\nThe Puerto Rican community wanted to build a center for themselves to\npromote their culture and heritage, because they would have to pay rent at\nhalls and many times the halls were reluctant to rent to the Hispanic\ncommunity.\nLa comunidad puertorriqueña quería construir un centro para sí misma para\npromover su cultura y herencia, porque ellos habrían pagado la renta en\notros sitios de banquetas y muchas veces estos sitios fueron mal dispuestos a\nrentarlos a la comunidad hispana.\n31:00 - The bilingual program begins\nPedro was working with the State Commission of Human Rights in 1965 ...\naround 1970 Pedro received a call from an administrator of the programs of\neducation - Eugene Reville (spelling?). Reville wanted Pedro to go to the\nBoard of Education at City Hall to select someone to direct the bilingual\nproject.\nPedro trabajaba con el State Commission of Human Rights en el año\n1965…alrededor del año 1970 Pedro recibió una llamada del administrador\nde los programas de la educación – Eugene Reville (ortografía?). Reville\nquería que Pedro fuera a la Junta de Educación en el ayuntamiento para\nelegir a alguien del puesto de director del programa de la educación bilingüe.\n46:59 - Pedro fights for scholarship funding for Hispanics\nPedro was upset because the Upward Bound Program at the University at\nBuffalo was set up to give scholarships to minority students. Up until this\npoint, only African Americans received the scholarship so Pedro confronted\nthe University and asked them to extend the program to Hispanic students as\nwell. This effort helped increase the number of Hispanic students attending\nUB.\nPedro se enojó porque fue fundado el programa de Upward Bound a la\nUniversidad a Búfalo para darles becas a los estudiantes americanos\nafricanos para que asistan a la universidad. La beca fue fundada para todos\nlos estudiantes minoritarias. Se enfrentó a la administración y la pidió que\n\n�abriera la beca a los hispanos también. Esta acción ayudó a aumentar el\nnúmero de estudiantes hispanos a UB.\n50:16 - Pedro creates a baseball team\nPedro gathered a meeting of players and founded “The Puerto Ricans” in\n1957.\nPedro juntó una reunión de jugadores y fundó el equipo “los\nPuertorriqueños” en el año 1957.\n1:02:02 - Discrimination in the Hall of Fame\nA group from Blasdell had a dinner for Hall of Fame baseball groups. There\nwere no Puerto Ricans represented so Pedro had a meeting in his apartment\nto protest the perceived discrimination.\nUn grupo de Blasdell tuvo una recepción para los grupos de béisbol del Hall\nof Fame. No hubo ningunos puertorriqueños, pues Pedro juntó una reunión\nen su departamento para protestar la discriminación percibida.\n1:04:06 - A gathering place\nPedro describes the atmosphere of the baseball games.\nPedro describe el ambiente de los partidos de béisbol.\n1:20:19 - Don't put your culture aside\n\"Culture is you...you forget your culture, you forget your roots...you're\nhanging by a thread.\"\n“Tú eres la cultura…se olvida la cultura, se pierden las raíces…se cuelga por\nun hilo.”\n1:27:53 - The first Hispanic conference in any county\nIn 1971 Pedro organized the first Hispanic conference in Lackawanna, NY.\nEn el año 1971 Pedro organizó la primera conferencia hispana en\nLackawanna, NY.\n\n�"]]]]]]]]],["collection",{"collectionId":"3"},["elementSetContainer",["elementSet",{"elementSetId":"1"},["name","Dublin Core"],["description","The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Pedro's brother was already living in the region and wanted to give Pedro the same opportunity.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">El hermano de Pedro le escribió mientras Pedro trabajaba en la plantación de caña de azúcar y le dijo que hubo trabajo en Búfalo. El hermano de Pedro ya vivía en la región y quería la misma oportunidad para Pedro.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>6:27 - Pedro had no schooling</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">\"One thing that I probably should mention is that I had no schooling whatsoever. When I moved to the country when I was about 7 years of age I was taken out of a one room classroom\" - he was taken out of school and never put back into school.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">“Una cosa que debo mencionar es que yo no tuve ninguna educación formal. Cuando me mudó a este país cuando tuve 7 años de edad, se me sacó de una escuela de un aula.” – se sacó Pedro de la escuela y él nunca volvió.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>10:09 - Sharpen up, get learned</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">\"Sharpen up, kid. Learn\" is what Pedro was told ... he never forgot that.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">“¡Agúcese! Aprenda” es lo que le fue dicho a Pedro…él nunca se lo olvidó.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>10:45 - South Division Street in 1955</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Some people on South Division St. were friendly and some were reluctant of the newly arrived Maurás family. He says some may have actually petitioned to have Puerto Ricans sent back to Puerto Rico. He says the police collaborated with this. 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Fenice of St. Lucy's Parish asking for permission to invite the police officers who were collaborating with the petitioners to try and speak with them about not taking action against the Hispanic community.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro escuchó rumores que alguien en el barrio pasaba una petición para mandar a los puertorriqueños a su país porque a la gente en el barrio no le gustó la llegada de un nuevo grupo étnico. Pedro se acercó al Padre Carl J. Fenice de la Iglesia Santa Lucia pidiendo permiso para invitar a la policía que estaban colaborando con los peticionarios para intentar de hablar con ellos y pedirles que no tomasen acción contra de la comunidad hispana.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>16:04 - Living at the Farm</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro says the Militelli Brothers Farm treated him well. He says they were \"good people.\" During the workweek he lived at the farm in a \"shanty,\" which wasn't good but wasn't bad.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro dice que la Granja de los Hermanos Militelli le trató bien. Él dice que ellos fueron “buena gente”. Durante la semana laboral él vivía a la granja en “una chabola”, la cual no era buena pero no era mala.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>20:09 - Organizing the Latin American Democratic Club</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">In 1960, the leaders of the Hispanic Community founded the Latin American Democratic Club (Later changed to the Puerto Rican American Community Association - PRACA) to work together to support the Hispanic community. At the time, other ethnic groups in the community were petitioning to have the Puerto Ricans sent back to the island because of racism and discrimination.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">En el año 1960, los líderes de la comunidad hispana fundaron el Latin American Democratic Club (Más tarde se cambió al Puerto Rican American Community Association – PRACA) para trabajar juntos a apoyar a la comunidad hispana. En ese momento, los otros grupos étnicos en la comunidad peticionaron que los puertorriqueños se volvieran a la isla por la culpa del racismo y la discriminación.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>26:32 - Discrimination against Hispanic dances</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">The Puerto Rican community wanted to build a center for themselves to promote their culture and heritage, because they would have to pay rent at halls and many times the halls were reluctant to rent to the Hispanic community.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">La comunidad puertorriqueña quería construir un centro para sí misma para promover su cultura y herencia, porque ellos habrían pagado la renta en otros sitios de banquetas y muchas veces estos sitios fueron mal dispuestos a rentarlos a la comunidad hispana.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>31:00 - The bilingual program begins</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro was working with the State Commission of Human Rights in 1965 ... around 1970 Pedro received a call from an administrator of the programs of education - Eugene Reville (spelling?). Reville wanted Pedro to go to the Board of Education at City Hall to select someone to direct the bilingual project.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro trabajaba con el State Commission of Human Rights en el año 1965…alrededor del año 1970 Pedro recibió una llamada del administrador de los programas de la educación – Eugene Reville (ortografía?). Reville quería que Pedro fuera a la Junta de Educación en el ayuntamiento para elegir a alguien del puesto de director del programa de la educación bilingüe.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>46:59 - Pedro fights for scholarship funding for Hispanics</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro was upset because the Upward Bound Program at the University at Buffalo was set up to give scholarships to minority students. Up until this point, only African Americans received the scholarship so Pedro confronted the University and asked them to extend the program to Hispanic students as well. This effort helped increase the number of Hispanic students attending UB.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro se enojó porque fue fundado el programa de Upward Bound a la Universidad a Búfalo para darles becas a los estudiantes americanos africanos para que asistan a la universidad. La beca fue fundada para todos los estudiantes minoritarias. Se enfrentó a la administración y la pidió que abriera la beca a los hispanos también. Esta acción ayudó a aumentar el número de estudiantes hispanos a UB.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>50:16 - Pedro creates a baseball team</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro gathered a meeting of players and founded “The Puerto Ricans” in 1957.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro juntó una reunión de jugadores y fundó el equipo “los Puertorriqueños” en el año 1957.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>1:02:02 - Discrimination in the Hall of Fame</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">A group from Blasdell had a dinner for Hall of Fame baseball groups. There were no Puerto Ricans represented so Pedro had a meeting in his apartment to protest the perceived discrimination.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Un grupo de Blasdell tuvo una recepción para los grupos de béisbol del Hall of Fame. No hubo ningunos puertorriqueños, pues Pedro juntó una reunión en su departamento para protestar la discriminación percibida.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>1:04:06 - A gathering place</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro describes the atmosphere of the baseball games.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">Pedro describe el ambiente de los partidos de béisbol.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong>1:20:19 - Don't put your culture aside</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">\"Culture is you...you forget your culture, you forget your roots...you're hanging by a thread.\"</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">“Tú eres la cultura…se olvida la cultura, se pierden las raíces…se cuelga por un hilo.”</p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><strong><br /> 1:27:53 - The first Hispanic conference in any county</strong></p>\n<p class=\"normal\">In 1971 Pedro organized the first Hispanic conference in Lackawanna, NY.</p>\n<p class=\"normal\">En el año 1971 Pedro organizó la primera conferencia hispana en Lackawanna, NY.</p>"]]]]]],["elementSetContainer",["elementSet",{"elementSetId":"1"},["name","Dublin Core"],["description","The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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