Georgia colony

The Georgia colony was unique among Britain’s American colonies. It was founded in 1732 as a penal colony for the “worthy” poor in the disputed territory between the British Carolina colonies and Spanish Florida.

German immigration

Ghanaian immigration

Most Ghanaians came to the United States and Canada after independence in 1957, seeking education and business opportunities.

Samuel Gompers (1850–1924) labor leader

Samuel Gompers was the most influential early labor leader in the United States. The son of Jewish parents who had emigrated from Holland to England in 1844, he and his family immigrated to New York City in 1863.

Corky Gonzales (1928–2006) social activist

Born in Denver, Colorado, to a family of migrant farmworkers, Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales became one of the leading activists for fair treatment of Mexican laborers in the United States.

Elian Gonzalez (1993– ) Cuban immigrant

Elián González became the focus of an intense public debate over America’s Cuban immigration policy after surviving a shipwreck in which his mother died during a November 1999 escape from Cuba.

Henry B. Gonzalez (1916–2000) politician

Henry Gonzalez was the first Mexican American to be elected to the Texas state senate in the modern era, setting an example for Hispanics in the political mainstream.

Graham v. Richardson (1971)

According to this U.S. Supreme Court decision of 1971, the classification of “alien” is suspect under the Fourteenth Amendment.

Greek immigration

Greeks emigrated from their homeland and from many parts of the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire beginning in the 1890s, forming one of the most homogeneous ethnic groups in North America.

Guatemalan immigration

Guatemalan immigration to North America was largely the product of the civil unrest in Guatemala during the 1980s and 1990s.

Guest children

With Europe engulfed in war starting in 1939, charitable organizations petitioned the Canadian government to provide asylum for child refugees, including Jews living in Britain, France, Switzerland, Spain, and Portugal.

Jose Angel Gutierrez (1944– ) lawyer, professor, civil rights activist

Jose Angel Gutierrez was one of the earliest leaders of the CHICANO movement, helping to elect five Chicano city council members in the face of threats and Jim Crow laws.

Gypsy immigration

Gypsies, because of their itinerant lifestyle both in Europe and in North America, are among the most difficult immigrants to understand or characterize.

Haitian immigration

Haitian immigration to North America is a relatively new phenomenon, the product of right-wing political oppression and political instability since the 1950s.

Richard Hakluyt (ca. 1552–1616) geographer

Richard Hakluyt was the principal exponent of English colonization in the Americas, long before England acquired its transatlantic empire.