Hispanic culture has been spreading more and more in America. Today, almost 16% of the population of the United States is made up of Hispanic Americans. Hispanics are all over the United States, but some states have a higher population, including: Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado. The Hispanic population mostly comes from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba and smaller numbers of immigrants are from Central and South America and from the Dominican Republic. Taken together, these people
the elimination of slavery in the South. In 1865, two important events in the history of African Americans being the Thirteenth Amendment, which eliminated slavery, and Union troops arrived in June in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, which gave birth to the modern Juneteenth celebrations. After the War, the federal government began a program
Ginger Rogers was born on July 16th, 1911 in Independence, Missouri (Ginger Rogers). Her parents, Lela Owens and William McMath, originally named her Virginia Katherine McMath (Ginger Rogers). The name Ginger Rogers came about when her cousin was unable to pronounce her real name and Rogers came from her stepdad John Roger (Ginger Rogers). By the age of 10, Ginger was already appearing at local charity shows, celebrations, and lodge meetings with her stepdad (Ginger Rogers). When she was fourteen