Latino arts, history and culture
The Becas de Aztlan (Aztlan Scholarships) program was initiated during the administration of Mexico’s President, Luis Echeverría Alvarez (1970-1976). José Angel Gutíerrez and other Chicano educators … [Read more...]
Dr. Rodolfo Francisco Acuña is a historian, educator and social activist. In 1969, he co-founded the Chicana/o Studies Department at San Fernando Valley State College (later called California State … [Read more...]
1968 and 1969 were years when Mexican American high school students throughout the United States protested the inferior education they were receiving by simply walking out of school en masse. … [Read more...]
A Moment In Time Today, Latinos often take for granted our right to vote for elected officials at the city, county state and federal level. But there was a time, not too long ago, when Latinos were … [Read more...]
On May 17, 2005 Antonio Villaraigosa and his supporters celebrated his election as the first Mexican American mayor of Los Angeles in one hundred and thirty-three years. Although Mexicans were … [Read more...]
200 YEARS OF CHICANO/LATINO HISTORY TIMELINE: 1940- 1959 December 7, 1941 The Japanese air force attacks United States forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. War is declared against … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT - 1932 WHITEWASH OF AMERICATROPICAL MURAL. The Mexican muralists vsiited Los Angeles, CAlifornia in 1932 and was commissioned to paint a mural on the theme of "Tropical … [Read more...]
200 YEARS OF CHICANO/LATINO HISTORY TIMELINE 1776-1899 1776 Representatives from thirteen American colonies under the dominion of England sign a Declaration of Independence, … [Read more...]
1932 WHITEWASHING OF AMÉRICA TROPICAL MURAL In June of 1932 the Mexican muralist Davíd Alfaro Siquieros arrived in Los Angeles invited by the Chouinard Institute of Art to conduct a series of … [Read more...]
RICARDO FLORES MAGÓN, POLITICAL ACTIVIST Ricardo Flores Magón holds a unique status in the history of Mexican Americans in the United States. Although he was one of the precursors of … [Read more...]
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Many people in Puerto Rico consider Harvard-educated Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos the father of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement. Following the conclusion of the Spanish American War (1898) Puerto … [Read more...]
200 YEARS OF CHICANO/LATINO HISTORY TIMELINE : 1970-1976 February 28, 1970 Rosalío Muñoz organizes a march to protest the high numbers of Mexican Americans dying in Vietnam. In spite of a … [Read more...]
200 YEARS OF CHICANO/LATINO HISTORY TIMELINE: 1900-1939 1900 Gregorio Cortéz, a Tejano, kills a deputy who attempts to arrest him unjustly and flees for his life. Cortéz is eventually … [Read more...]
200 YEARS OF CHICANO/LATINO HISTORY TIMELINE: 1960-1969 1960 Henry B. Gonzalez is elected to his first term in Congress. 1960 "Viva Kennedy" Clubs are instrumental in helping John F. Kennedy … [Read more...]
1967 TIERRA AMARILLA COURTHOUSE RAID Inspired by a mystical dream in which he saw frozen horses melting in the sun, lay preacher Reies López Tijerina moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1963 and … [Read more...]
1972 LA RAZA UNIDA NATIONAL CONVENTION Following a series of walk-outs by Mexican American students to protest inferior education at the high school in Crystal City, Texas in 1969, Chicano … [Read more...]
1968 EAST LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOL WALK-OUTS By the mid-1960s, many Mexican American students were aware of social injustice and discrimination experienced by students in the Los Angeles Unified … [Read more...]
1969 DENVER YOUTH CONFERENCE In March of 1969, Chicano activists leader Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales convened a National Youth and Liberation Conference in Denver, Colorado. Approximately … [Read more...]
March 6, 1968 EAST LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOL WALK OUT DEMANDS CONTEXT: Throughout the early 1960s, Mexican American youth experienced inferior educational opportunities throughout the Southwest. … [Read more...]
SEPTEMBER 23, 1859 JUAN CORTINAS PROCLAMATION TO PEOPLE OF BROWNSVILLE CONTEXT: Following the conclusion of the Mexican American War, the Mexicans who remained in the land ceded to … [Read more...]
