About Author

Dr. Salvatore J. LaGumina is Professor Emeritus and Director of the Center for Italian American Studies at Nassau Community College. He has been president of the American Italian Historical Association, has written dozens of scholarly articles, and is author, editor or co-editor of seventeen books, including The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia; From Steerage to Suburb, Long Island Italians; and Wop, A Documentary History of Anti-Italian Discrimination