Posts

Showing posts with the label Diaspora - U.S. - Virginia

Virginia - Greek Immigrant Article

If you live in the United States, chances are that your local library has a subscription to HeritageQuest Online (maybe even allowing you access online from home).  From there you can search PERSI  (The Periodical Source Index) at the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN.  You can print a form online and order a copy of any article listed in the PERSI Index. Here is the title of an article pertinent to  Greek immigrants in Virginia : Greek community, 1903-53  Magazine of Albemarle County History. Charlottesville VA: 1996. Vol. 54

"Nine Greek Cafes Wrecked by a Mob" article - New York Times, July 15, 1907

Image
Published in  The New York Times,  July 15, 1907 NINE GREEK CAFES WRECKED BY A MOB ---------- Roanoke Rioters Also Stone the Mayor,  Police Justice, and Police. ---------- CONSUL IS ASKED TO ACT --------- Mayor Says the Riots Are Shameful And Promises to Protect the Greeks. ROANOKE, Va., July 14. – Roanoke is quiet to-day after four hours of rioting last night, when a mob wrecked nine Greek restaurants, some of which were elaborately furnished; three Greek shoe-shining places, and two Syrian shops.  The riot was caused by a dispute about five cents between a Greek employed in the Belmont Greek restaurant on Salem Avenue and an American who went there to buy a sandwich. Five men have been arrested and lodged in jail, and one of them has been released on $250 bail for his appearance at the hearing of the case in the Police Court next Thursday.  None of the Greeks is under arrest.  They have employed counsel to look after their i...