Changes of the Hungarian Community on the Buckeye Road in the seventies

In the first chapter I proved that fact that since the beginning of the history of the New World there have been Hungarians who aimed to explore the then unknown land of America or even immigrate there and continue the last years of their life on a multicultural place. In the last part of the chapter I elaborate on the three waves of immigrants who are included in the residents of the Buckeye Road in Cleveland: immigrant at the turn of the century, after the Second World War and after the Hungarian Revolution of 1965. This is the chapter that also includes the reasons why these people decide to live their mother country and what their intentions are with the American life. Furthermore, it is mentioned that in Cleveland these people find a Hungarian community that becomes a place with the second largest population of Hungarians and which is frequently referred to as Little Hungary. Then the second chapter tends to introduce the above- mentioned ‘Little Hungary’ in its gloriole. This chapter is essential to understand the Buckeye society itself and their behavior toward American and Hungarian culture. Then it helps to get the idea of the changes taken place in the seventies in Cleveland. The third chapter is dedicated to the gloriole of the Buckeye Road in Cleveland. It gives information about the Hungarians who live there and intent on maintaining their culture and keeps celebrating Hungarian national holidays. This section of my thesis introduces one of the Hungarian shops that start working in 1957 which is the gloriole of the Buckeye Road. The last but one chapter highlights the era of the seventies when harsh changes have been taken place. It details its reasons (the younger generations’ refusal to move to the Buckeye Road, the Settlement of the African- Americans, and the occurrence and growing number of crime) and its consequences (decline of the population of Hungarians on the Buckeye Road, decline of the numbers of shops that are owned by Hungarians and retain Hungarian characteristics), as well. The last part of my work gets to know the organizations which are founded to help the emerged situation. It is important to note that America and Hungary has always been connected to each other in the fields of history, politics, economy and culture at the same time. In the seventies America stigmatized the life of Hungarians who created a Hungarian society in the heart of Cleveland, on the Buckeye Road. I claim that the seventies went hand in hand with poignant changes as opposed to the previous years there.BSc/BAanglisztikaB