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MUSIC REMEMBERED

LASC - FIFTY YEARS - 1951 to 2001 - CINCUENTA AÑOS - LASC

LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL CENTER

PARA LOS ANTEPASADOS - TO THE FOUNDING FAMILIES - 1915-2001

INFO:  Mexicanos desaparecidos en World Trade Center:  http://www.tepeyac.org/pfev.htm

"Hero Street" Silvis, Illinois - Monument to 8 Mexican Americans

http://www.herostreetusa.org/

 Below are LINKS to more information on Sterling and Rock Falls, Illinois:  local organizations and colleges.  If you would like to see more Latino Murals, see sites for San Diego, Los Angeles (SPARC), Texas and Detroit (by Diego Rivera) online, or check out the Amor Latino lowrider car club site. Email addresses at bottom of the page to contact the Adelante mural's artist and the website designer. 

LOCAL INFO on the WEB:

Sterling Community & Links

City of Sterling Homepage

Sterling Public Library Homepage

City of Rock Falls Homepage

Sterling & Rock Falls Chambers of Commerce

Sacred Heart Catholic Church - Sterling

Amor Latino Lowrider Club - Sterling Area

Jerry's Railroad Photo Album [old Sterling & NWSW trains]

REGIONAL INFO on the WEB:

Ramble the Rock (River): NW IL events & travel

Sauk Valley Community College

Sauk Valley Online (SVCC & Univ of Illinois)

Sauk Valley Newspapers

University Resources for Latinos - Northern Illinois University

Whiteside County Govt Website

Whiteside County Report

QUAD CITIES Ethnic Mosaic [Look for photos of Mexican families: 1920s]

Illinois Historical Society

LASC ADDRESS & PHONE:

Latin American Social Center                

[Rebuilding in new location]

815-622-0536

Club Paraíso 

[orig. Latin American Social Club]                              

311 Wallace Street

Sterling, IL 61081

815-622-5085

LATINO/LATINA  LINKS:

Julian Samora Research Institute (Latino/as in Midwest), Michigan State Univ.

Chicana/Latina "Making Face, Making Soul" Page

Puerto Rican Culture with "El Jibaro"

National Council of La Raza

Smithsonian Institute, Latino Initiative, Wash, DC

MURALS + LATINA/O and CHICANO/A ARTS

MINNESOTA MURAL - RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE AMERICAS:

CALIFORNIA MURALS PAGES

DIEGO RIVERA:  Mexico & Detroit murals

ALMA LOPEZ Arts Page

MURALS FOR KIDS & TEACHERS - learn more !

MURAL ART . COM PAGE

SOUTHERN ARIZONA MURALS

Mexican Community & Family Histories