Immigrant Communities of Tampa, Florida
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2011 LCV Cities Tour” in Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida, on May 9-13 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Bright House Networks local cable affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed.
Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL) talked about Tampa’s immigrant communities. She was interviewed at El Centro Asturiano de Tampa, a social… read more
Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL) talked about Tampa’s immigrant communities. She was interviewed at El Centro Asturiano de Tampa, a social club in the Ybor City Historic District for immigrants and their descendants who came from Asturias, Spain, usually via Cuba.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2011 LCV Cities Tour” in Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida, on May 9-13 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Bright House Networks local cable affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. close
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