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There was no mention of the Titanic on the cruise, of course, but the captain did share facts about the evolution of trans-Atlantic crossings from Columbus to immigrants to the first Cunard ships.

Since the 1890s the area’s coalfields had attracted Colored people from the Deep South as well as European immigrants who were searching for work.

But in becoming citizens, immigrants participate in this history and soon absorb its traditions, from baseball and Thanksgiving to the Fourth of July.

But Mercedes wanted to share their story to highlight her husband’s profession, one of the most dangerous for undocumented immigrants in Southern California right now.

Cho, 40, is describing her childhood in Texas, as the eldest daughter of Korean immigrant parents and her struggle for acceptance in American society.