Latino arts, history and culture
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 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 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 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...]
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...]
Today we take for granted the large body of Latino and Latina literature available in the United States. But back in 1960, there was no extensive body of literature to speak of. That all changed when … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT THE APACHE WARS1 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. The encounter between the Apache people and American troops is one of the most violent and devastating chapters in American history. … [Read more...]
Soñia Escot is a journalism major completing her senior year at the University of Texas at Austin. She participated in the 2012 VOCES Oral History Editing Contest sponsored by the Journalism … [Read more...]
CONTEXT: In 1929, three Mexican Americans organizations in Texas, the Sons of America, the Knights of America and United Latin American Citizens merged to create the oldest national Latino civil … [Read more...]
REMEMBERING ARMIDA VALDEZ I was stunned by the news of the passing of Armida Valdez. I has just left her a message last week about the new collaboration that her husband, Daniel Valdez, and I … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART TIMELINE 100 YEARS OF LATINO ART IN AMERICA 1900 Mexican born painter Xavier Timotéo Martínez wins honorable mention for his painting of fellow artist Marion Holden Pope at the … [Read more...]
In 1967, lay preacher and land grant activist Reies López Tijerina founded the Alliance of Free Pueblos in the state of New Mexico. His goal was to return ownership of contested land grants to the … [Read more...]
CONTEXT: ON NOVEMBER 20, 2014 PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DELIVERED A SPEECH ON NATIONAL TELEVISION OUTLINING EXECUTIVE ACTION THAT HE WAS TAKING TO FIX WHAT IS CONSIDERED A BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. … [Read more...]
This is a Moment in Time from the 1970s. The undated photo shows three of the most prominent scholars in the Latino literary and artistic world having a moment together: art and literature critic and … [Read more...]
On August 29, 1990, Latinos in Los Angles marked the twentieth anniversary of the 1970 Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam war. Among those attending was a delegation of activists from El … [Read more...]
In March of 1968, five thousand Mexican American high school students walked of the four high schools in East Los Angeles to protest the inferior education they were receiving. After a week of protest … [Read more...]
CHARTING A NEW COURSE ON CUBA. CONTEXT: On Thursday, December 18, 2014, President Barack Obama announced a sea change in the United States fifty-year policy on Cuban/U.S. relations. Since the … [Read more...]
A MOMENT IN TIME. "SOMOS UNO" In June 1973, the Mexican popular creator company Los Mascarones were on a statewide tour of California performing their theatrical pieces. … [Read more...]
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On April 20, 2012, acclaimed Chicano author Rudolfo Anaya was awarded the Robert Kirsch Lifetime Achievement Award by the Los Angeles Times. This award recognizes a lifetime of achievement by a living … [Read more...]
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...]
