Abstract
In his article "From Pan-Latino Enclaves to a Community: PuertoRicans in Philadelphia, 1910–2000," Víctor Vázquez-Hernández
describes an event in 1953 that signified the first public recognition
of Philadelphia's growing Puerto Rican population—a riot in the Spring
Garden section of the city This incident prompted the city government,
through the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations (PCHR), to
conduct its first study of Philadelphia's Puerto Rican community. To facilitate
this study, the city turned to prominent individuals within the Puerto
Rican community to help lift the veil on this rapidly growing ethnic
group.