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Puerto Rican Migration to the US

An airline map of the United States and Puerto Rico showing principal non-stop routes, 1965.

An airline map of the United States and Puerto Rico showing principal non-stop routes, 1965.

The Puerto Rican migrations of the 1950s and ’60s were among the first major waves of migration that took place by air travel.

Citation Information: “Airline map of the United States ... 1965,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/f170ad83f01ede7a3e0e39abe8c405b5.

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An airline map of the United States and Puerto Rico showing principal non-stop routes, 1965.

A photograph of Luis Muñoz Marín, governor of Puerto Rico from 1949 to 1965, speaking at the Governors Conference in San Juan, 1959.

A report titled Puerto Rican Farm Workers in Florida, published by the US Department of Labor in 1954.

A statement, “The Puerto Rican Farm Labor Program,” delivered by Clarence Senior before the National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor, 1959.

A photograph of Puerto Rican girls, New York City, 1950s-1960s.

Excerpts from a 1956 report by the New York City Board of Education, “Who are the Puerto Rican pupils in the New York City public schools?”.

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