a memoir Grillo, Evelio creator author. text biography Electronic books. txu 2000 monographic eng 1 online resource (xvi, 134 pages ; [8] pages of plates) : illustrations. "Ybor City, Florida, was once a thriving factory town populated by cigar-makers, mostly emigrants from Cuba and Spain. Growing up in Ybor City (now Tampa) in the early twentieth century, the young Evelio Grillo experienced the complexities of life in a horse-and-buggy society demarcated by both racial and linguistic lines: Life was different depending on whether one was Spanish- or English- speaking, a white or black Cuban, a Cuban American or a native-born U.S. citizen, well-off or poor. (Even American-born blacks did not always get along with their Hispanic counterparts.)". "Grillo recaptures in prose this unique world that slowly faded away as he grew to adulthood during the Depression. He relates his increasing assimilation into black American society, and then tells of his adventures as a soldier in an all-black unit during World War II."--BOOK JACKET. Introduction / Kenya Dworkin y Mendez -- Pt. 1. Ybor City. 1. Father. 2. Black Cubans and White Cubans. 3. Black Cubans and Black Americans. 4. Mother. 5. Seventh Avenue. 6. Noche Buena: The Good Night -- Pt. 2. Going Up North. 7. Tally Wop. 8. Fallen to Pieces. 9. Going Up North. 10. Washington, D.C. 11. Dunbar High. 12. The Thurmans. 13. Xavier University -- Pt. 3. At War. 14. Shoving Off. 15. On to India. 16. The Ledo Road. 17. Give Me Some Men. 18. Almost. Evelio Grillo ; introduction by Kenya Dworkin y Méndez. n-us--- Grillo, Evelio Cuban Americans Biography Cuban Americans Ethnic identity Blacks Cuba Ethnic identity E184.C97 eBook Grillo, Evelio. Houston, Texas : Arte Publico Press, c2000. (OCoLC)43311742 9781611920376 161192037X https://www.digitaliapublishing.com/a/23221/ https://www.digitaliapublishing.com/a/23221/ DGITA 141001 DIGARTEP0036 eng