LATINOPIA EVENTS 1937 PONCE MASSACRE
Following the conclusion of the Spanish American War in 1898, the island of Puerto Rico became a colony of the United States. Soon nationalists like Luis Muñoz Marin and Pedro Albizu Campos were … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1930 LEMON GROVE INCIDENT
In 1930, the all-white school board of Lemon Grove, California voted to build a separate schoolhouse for children of Mexican descent. This provoked a community response, a boycott of the "Mexican … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 2012 LIBROTRAFICANTES 2
After leaving Houston, Texas, the librotraficante banned book caravan arrived in El Paso, Texas on March 14, 2012. They were met with open arms by local poets and community activists who welcomed the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 2012 LIBROTRAFICANTES 1
In 2011, the Arizona State Legislature passed HB 2281, a law which prohibits schools from offering courses at any grade level that advocate ethnic solidarity, promote overthrow of the US government, … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 2010 JAIME ESCALANTE MEMORIAL
Jaime Escalante (1930-2010) was a renowned mathematics teacher at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. His teaching success inspired the motion picture Stand and Deliver, directed by Ramón … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 2012 LIBROTRAFICANTES 3
On March 12, 2012, a caravan of social justice activists set out from Houston, Texas to Tucson, Arizona to deliver books to high school students that had been banned by the Tucson Unified School … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 2012 LIBROTRAFICANTES 5
On its way to Tucson, Arizona, the Librotraficantes Caravan of Censored Books stopped in Albuquerque, New Mexico where the librotraficantes received a warm welcome at the National Hispanic Cultural … [Read more...]