Project
Latino Americans
Division of Public Programs
![Group of Puerto Ricans at Newark airport, 1947.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-10/puerto%20ricans%20airport.jpg?itok=jQIEKIpX)
Photo caption
A group of Puerto Ricans at Newark airport, who had just arrived by plane from Puerto Rico waiting to be transported to New York.
Courtesy of Library of Congress
![Group of Puerto Ricans at Newark airport, 1947.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2019-10/puerto%20ricans%20airport.jpg?itok=jQIEKIpX)
Photo caption
A group of Puerto Ricans at Newark airport, who had just arrived by plane from Puerto Rico waiting to be transported to New York.
Courtesy of Library of Congress
A three-part documentary series chronicling the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have helped shape the United States over the last 500-plus years and have become, with more than 50 million people, the largest minority group in the U.S.