York County’s Delma Rivera-Lytle is seen with her aunt and uncle, Juan and Doris Román. Juan Román became the first U.S. victim of Lassa fever when he died visiting the Rivera in York County, Pa., in 1969. Lassa is a distant cousin of Ebola.
Latino/Hispanic history Archives
This is Dallas Street in York’s East Side district. And that’s Jasmyn Figueroa, right, whose
Dr. Edwin A. and Delma Rivera arrived in York, Pa., in 1962, as a pioneering Hispanic physician family. The couple saw the need for services – interpreters, housing, employment – for Hispanics in York. The York Spanish American Center emerged to address those needs.
William Arais kneels during Rosary prayer in an Our Lady of Guadalupe event at St.
Vilma Garcia- Jones, working with U.S. Census in 2000, tosses goodies to school children outside
Abe Amoros, York’s first Latino city councilman and a top official in the Pennsylvania’s Democratic
Salvador Cabrera, portraying Jesus, is led by soldiers William Rodriguez, right, and Julio Rivera during
Abe Amoros, president of the York City Little League Board of Directors, is seen during
Delma Rivera and her husband, Edwin, were among the pioneering Puerto Rican families to settle
The York Daily Record/Sunday News is running a four-day series on Latinos in York/Adams and