Latino arts, history and culture
By 1970, it was clear that Mexican Americans and other Spanish surnamed Americans were dying in the Vietnam War in numbers disproportionate to their population. Activists called for a march to protest … [Read more...]
After leaving the Border Bookstore in Mesilla, New Mexico, the caravan carrying banned books to the children of Tucson heads north to Albuquerque for a meeting with renowned author Rudolfo Anaya. On … [Read more...]
In 1970, the Coronado Bridge in San Diego had recently been completed and the city of San Diego had agreed to allow the residents of the Logan Heights barrio to use the land under the bridge as a … [Read more...]
In 1970, the City of San Diego reneged on its promise to allow the citizens of Logan Heights, a historic Chicano barrio, to utilize land under the recently completed Coronado Bridge to build a … [Read more...]
Latinopia Event Founding of LULAC from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In 1929, three Texas civic groups, the Order of the Sons of America, the Knights of America and the League of Latin American citizens … [Read more...]
On the evening of January 28, 1918, a dozen Texas rangers, accompanied by eight U.S. Calvary soldiers and some Anglo American ranch hands descended on the village of Porvenir,Texas, just north of the … [Read more...]
Political activist, photo-journalist and educator Dr. Raul Ruíz passed away on June 13, 2019. He is perhaps best remembered for the photos he took of the police assault on the Silver Dollar Bar on … [Read more...]
José Ángel Gutiérrez is an author, scholar and political activist best known as the founder of the La Raza Unida political party. His most recent book is The Eagle Has Eyes: The FBI Surveillance of … [Read more...]
In 1970, the Mexican American communities of Tucson, Arizona, came together to fight for a public park for the children of two of the poorest barrios in the city. What began as a struggle for a local … [Read more...]
In 1966, Chicano activist Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales created a community based civil rights organization called the Crusade for Justice. Corky was disillusioned by traditional government agencies that … [Read more...]
March 27-31, 1969 PREAMBLE TO PLAN DE AZTLÁN PROGRAM OF EL PLAN DE AZTLÁN CONTEXT: In March of 1969, Chicano activist leader Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales convened a National Youth Liberation … [Read more...]
Latinos and Latinas today take gender equality as a given. But in the early days of the Chicano Movement for Civil Rights of the1960s and 1970s, Chicana women activists were often the unrecognized … [Read more...]
Latinopia Event 2018 Gutiérrez on El Movimiento 3 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Forty years after the electoral victories of the all-Latino La Raza Unida political party, the founder of the group, … [Read more...]
PUERTO RICO'S DEBT CRISIS On June 28, 2015 the Governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro García Padilla, announced that the $72 billion debt owed by the Commonwealth to its creditors was unpayable. … [Read more...]
In March of 1969, 15oo Mexican American youth rallied at Denver's Crusade for Justice under the leadership of Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzalez. They proclaimed a "Chicano" identity and , inspired by the need … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT RAMSEY MUÑIZ IN HIS OWN WORDS_1 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Ramiro "Ramsey" Muñiz is a previously incarcerated Chicano activist who ran for Governor of Texas in 1972 and 1974. With … [Read more...]
Latinopia Event Vahac Mardirosian from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In 1968, when Chicano students walked out of the four major East Los Angeles high school to protest the inferior education they were … [Read more...]
In March, 1968, Mexican American students from four high schools in East Los Angeles walked out in protest of the inferior education they were receiving. Parents, community activists and clergy met on … [Read more...]
Following the 1968 East Los Angeles high school walk-outs, thirteen individuals were indicted and charged with conspiracy to disturb the peace. Sal Castro, a teacher at Lincoln high school was one of … [Read more...]
Hope In Dark Times from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. What can we do to combat the onslaught of the Trump presidency? Fight back! … [Read more...]
Latinopia Event Puerto Rico's Crisis One from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Facing massive unemployment and a poverty rate of 40%, Puerto Rico declared it could not pay its $72 billion debt in 2017. Juan … [Read more...]
