The LSRI blog features a new post by Gilson Mateus, M.A. in History in the Graduate Program in History at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), titled Between Iron and Borders: The Brazilian Community in the Ironbound District of Newark, NJ.
In this article, Mateus analyzes Newark’s Ironbound as a Brazilian ethnic enclave, drawing on U.S. Census data, migration scholarship, and historical research. The post traces the neighborhood’s transformation from “Little Portugal” to a central hub of the Brazilian diaspora, examining how labor, language, religious institutions, and transnational ties structure everyday life in Ironbound.
The piece contributes to LSRI’s ongoing work on migration, diaspora, and Latino communities in the Northeast.
Read the full post on the LSRI blog here: https://lsri.rutgers.edu/brazilian-community-ironbound-newark/