BIOGRAPHY – MARÍA ELENA DURAZO
MARIA ELENA DURAZO, LABOR ORGANIZER María Elena Durazo is widely regarded as one of the most powerful and savvy union organizers in the United States. On May 15, 2006 she was elected to serve … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA SPECIAL HOPE IN DARK TIMES
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 BIOGRAPHY NOEL QUIÑONES
Noel Quiñones (born July 20, 1959, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican screenwriter, film director and film producer. He left Puerto Rico at age 18 to study cinematography and filmmaking at … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA DOCUMENT: SOÑIA SOTOMAYOR AT U.S. SENATE CONFIRMATION FOR U.S. SUPREME COURT
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Washington, D.C. July 13-14, 2009 OPENING STATEMENT July 13, 2009 SOTOMAYOR: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I also want to thank Senators Schumer and Gillibrand for … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT PUERTO RICO’S ECONOMIC CRISIS – ONE
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...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1949 BOWIE BEARS 2
The 1940s was a time when segregation still reigned in Texas and the South. In 1949, a baseball team made up of Mexican Americans kids from Bowie High School in El Paso, Texas, surprised sports fans … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1949 BOWIE BEARS
In 1949, the Bowie Bears baseball team, comprised of Mexican American students at Bowie High School in El Paso, Texas won the statewide baseball championship. The players came from poor working … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1968 “L.A. THIRTEEN” ARRESTED
Latinopia Event 1968 L.A. Thirteen Arrested from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. The 1968 East Los Angeles High School Walk-Outs are recognized as the impetus for the National Chicano Civil Rights … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1968 EAST LOS ANGELES HIGH SCHOOL WALKOUTS-LEGACY
Latinopia Event 1968 ELA Walkouts Legacy from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. On March 1, 1968, thousands of students walked out of five predominantly Mexican American high schools in East Los Angeles. … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1968 ROBERT KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
Robert Francis Kennedy was shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968. The brother of President John F. Kennedy, Robert had just been nominated by the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MOMENT IN TIME “TIJERINA MEETS GALARZA”
MOMENT IN TIME “TIJERINA MEETS GALARZA” What happens when two celebrated Chicano leaders, whose fight for justice and equality of Mexican Americans is legendary, meet for the first time? This is … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 2017 DACA RESCINDED
Latinopia Event 2017 DACA Rescinded from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In September of 2017, President Obama rescinded the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program originally initiated by … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA HERO MAGGIE RIVAS-RODRÍGUEZ
In 1999, Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez began an awesome undertaking--to document the lives and stories of Latino veterans of World War II (later her efforts would also include the Korean and Viet Nam … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA HERO ROSALIO MUÑOZ
Rosalio Muñoz was the principal organizer for the 1970 Chicano Moratorium March against the war in Vietnam. The march, which drew 30,000 people, was attacked by police and sheriffs. Hundreds were … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT HARVEST OF EMPIRE
Latinopia Event Harvest of Empire from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. The illegal entry of Latinos to the United States has been characterized as a problem of their doing, "bad hombres" invading the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 2009 ACTIVIST REUNION 2
The Chicano Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s was in response to decades of discrimination and social inequality experienced by the Mexican American community in the Untied States. The … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 2009 CHICANO ACTIVIST REUNION 3
In this third and final report on the 2009 reunion of Chicano Movement activists, convened in Dallas, Texas and attended by hundreds of activists, we hear from reunion organizer José Angel Gutíerrez … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1949 ROYBAL ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL
Latinopia Event Roybal Elected to City Council from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In 1949, Edward Roybal was the first Mexican American to be elected to the Los Angeles City Council in more than 100 … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT – 1972 OCCUPIED AMERICA IS PUBLISHED
Latinopia Event 1972 Occupied America Published from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In 1972, Dr. Rodolfo Acuña published his landmark history book, Occupied America, A History of Chicanos. Within a short … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA ON PACHUCOS
Latinopia History Montoya on Pachucos from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In this excerpt from the documentary Visions of Aztlán, acclaimed poet and artist José Montoya recalls the scapegoating of … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1967 CON SAFOS 2
Con Safos Magazine, a daring and irreverant literary magazine featuring the writings of Latino authors was first published in 1967 under the stewardship of Ralph "Rafas" López and Arturo "Tudi" … [Read more...]