Advanced technology will allow additional tools for collection and interpretation of data. There remains much work to be done in collecting additional historical materials, especially from the post World War II migration. Professor Frank Cavaioli has contributed images of, Giovanni Schiavo and Leonard Covello, the pioneering scholars of Italian American. The American Italian Historical Association and its members along with the Fondazione Agnelli and various study centers in Italy have made heroic efforts and produced many books and articles. The material is rich, but it is not complete, indicating both how far we have come in reconstructing Italian American history and how much further we need to go to complete the story. We accept the poet’s mission to speak and write about the humble immigrants and their dreams.įrom this exhibit we get glimpses and echoes of the Italian American past. per non dimenticare” is an eclectic collection of photographic material from 20 important collections of Italian Americana in the USA and Italy. Indeed, the movement of peoples is an important factor in all history. Direct memory of the grand saga of Italian migration to the United States, the Little Italies that they built, the family-based culture that they kept, their broken English, their political radicalism, their brand of religion, and their dreams are almost forgotten on both sides of the Atlantic.Įmigration/Immigration have been basic themes in recent Italian history and in American history. ![]() ![]() Italian AMERICAN history and culture is at risk of being lost. The vine they planted to outvanquish doom,įor this my life their death made ample room.įrom Joseph Tusiani"s "Song of the Bicentennial" ![]() Their silence and their voice: I speak and writeīecause they dreamed that I would write and speakĠ glory! I'm the bread they came to seek, The dream they dreamed in mines bereft of light. Of those who for their future came to stay,
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