Latinos in Pasadena

1910-1920Maria Almaraz

HIS 301

Historical FactsProspective residents were the first to create the

first part of Pasadena in 1874Speculators who came from the East side,

Indiana and MichiganGood climate attracted more peoplePreferred for agricultural laborArroyo Seco was home to first settlers

Grew exotic crops

Pasadena’s IdentityArtsSciencesIntellectual pursuits Fine architectureGardensTourist attractionsLocated far from the industrialization,

commercialism and the city, L.A

ExpandingBetween 1900-1910 the population increased

from 9,117 to 30,291 because of the new railroads that came from the city of L.A

Railroad completion left Chinese laborers unemployed leaving only 33 Chinese families in Pasadena

Chinese were forced to move to the Raymond Street corridor at South of California St.

low income communities

South RaymondSegregated city Home to the non-white population including

Latinos and later Mexicans in the 1920’sAfrican American families:

1896 57 families1920 240

Mexican Population in Pasadena

Pasadena was divided into three sections:1. Chihuahita

- Chihuahuanses and Zacatecanos (156)

2. Northern Section/Titleyville- Jaliscienses (582)

3. Southern Section/South Raymond - all Mexican region (207)

Segregation 1910-1920’s Riverside schools, Pasadena schools and Orange

county schools

Garfield Elementary school was integrated by 1913 but segregated in 1914 by high demand of parents and teachers

South Raymond School (1914) became the first parent initiated “Mexican school” in southern California

Mexicans and Mexican Americans/ Latinos

1928- segregated Latino schools were common

Continued64 schools in Southern CA were 90-100%

Mexican and Mexican American and other Latinos segregated

Served as laboratories where sociologists, psychologists and other scientists studied the Mexican Racial category that was created

Low student test scores

2012 Demographics White- 50, 974 (37%) Hispanic 44,217 (32%)Asian 24,631 (18%) African American 13,636 (10%)Two or more races 4,439 (3%)American Indian 139 (.1%)