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Rows of cigar workers at their benches as a lector reads aloud from a raised platform, Tampa, 1929

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Sicily on Seventh Avenue: The Italian Cigar Workers Who Helped Build Ybor City

In the late 1800s, Sicilian immigrants joined Cubans and Spaniards in Tampa's cigar district. They rolled tobacco, organized unions and built a mutual aid society whose red-brick clubhouse still stands.

By Amerigo StaffOct 14, 20263 min read