The Beginning: Early Corona 1896 - 1945
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The Beginning: Early Corona 1896 - 1945

The Years of Change: Corona 1945 - 1980

The Years of Growth: Corona since 1980

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The Corona of the past was a small rural community known as South Riverside. When citizens incorporated the new city, they sought to carve their own identity by changing the name to Corona. The citizens of Corona were mostly of English and Irish descent, but Mexicans and Italians soon came seeking work in the citrus fields. Early accounts reflect a segregated society in which Hispanics, Italians and the two or three black families in town were forced to live in designated areas and their children had to attend the same minority school regardless of their address. Things began to change after World War II, but slowly.

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