Postville, USA : surviving diversity in small town America

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Title

Postville, USA : surviving diversity in small town America
Postville: Past, Present and Future conference

Subject

Postville Immigration Raid, Postville, Iowa, 2008; Postville (Iowa)--Ethnic relations; Illegal aliens--Legal status, laws, etc.--Iowa--Postville; Emigration and immigration law--United States; United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy

Description

Panelists Mark Grey, Michele Devlin, and Aaron Goldsmith discuss the recent history of Postville, Iowa, including a brief history and background, its unusual diversity in a small town, and the large Federal immigration raid in 2008. This presentation was part of the conference Postville: Past, Present and Future on April 30 and May 1, 2009, at the University of Northern Iowa. Introduced by conference organizer Jennifer Cooley.
1 video file (RealVideo ; 54 minutes)

Creator

Grey, Mark A.

Date

5 1 09

Contributor

Yehieli, Michele; Goldsmith, Aaron; Cooley, Jennifer

Type

Moving Image

Coverage

United States--Iowa--Black Hawk--Cedar Falls; United States--Iowa--Allamakee--Postville

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Citation

Grey, Mark A., "Postville, USA : surviving diversity in small town America," in The Postville Project, Item #46, http://www.postvilleproject.org/items/show/46 (accessed February 23, 2012).