Latino/a history 
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SOURCE: Public Books
3/1/2023
Is Globalization Changing Mexico's Relationship to Death?
by Humberto Beck
Post-revolutionary Mexico embraced cultural commemorations of the dead—Diá de los Muertos—to help conceal the violence of the regime's rise. Now, that "traditional" culture is again being transformed by global cultural appropriation and the escalating violence of global drug trafficking.
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SOURCE: Religion News Service
2/10/2023
The Virgin of Guadalupe is a Constant on the Changing Streets of Los Angeles
The image of the Virgin Mary is both a protector of small businesses and a symbol of ethnic pride across Los Angeles; photographer Oscar Rodriguez Zapata has been documenting her appearances for a decade.
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1/29/2023
Latino Activists Changed San Antonio in the 1960s
by Ricardo Romo
San Antonio in the 1960s faced many of the same challenges of cities throughout the South; its emerging Mexican American political leadership helped steer the city in a progressive direction.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
1/23/2023
Miami-Dade has Lurched Right, but Still Loves "Obamacare"
by Catherine Mas
Even though conservative Latinos in Miami are generally suspicious of "socialism", the long history of local government support for medical access means that many carve out a big exception for the Affordable Care Act.
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SOURCE: La Voz
1/15/2023
The History of Mexican Americans in Austin
by Cynthia E. Orozco
A historian works to develop a chronicle of Mexican American community events in the city of Austin with a local community newspaper.
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SOURCE: Inquest
1/10/2023
A History of Violence in the US/Mexico Borderlands
by Brian Behnken
Policing both the border and Mexican American communities in the Southwest has always been entangled with white supremacist violence, the author argues in a new book.
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SOURCE: Yahoo
12/10/2022
Historian Kelly Lytle Hernández Teams Up with New LA City Councilors to Review City's History
A historian and two recently-elected progressive city council members teamed up to tour the sites of the city's community of Mexican revolutionaries in exile, asking how the past can inform social movements today.
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SOURCE: NextCity
11/10/202
Decades in Making, San Diego Museum will Honor Chicano Community and Movement
"Organizers and community members hope the museum will document the history of Chicano Park and continue educating future generations about Barrio Logan’s history."
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11/11/2022
The Wartime Service and Postwar Activism of One Latino Veteran
by Ricardo Romo
For Veteran's Day, a historian shares photos, and the history, of his father's wartime experiences. Like many of his compatriots, Henry Romo was reluctant to discuss those experiences, but drew on them to work for equal citizenship at home.
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SOURCE: Substack
10/27/2022
Can Americans Understand the Divisions in Latino Politics?
by Geraldo Cadava
Despite the lip service both parties pay to welcoming (and deserving) the growing Latino vote, do their non-Latino leaders actually understand the complexities of this large demographic category? Do they want to?
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
11/1/2022
Black-Brown Solidarity has been Elusive in Los Angeles
by Erin Aubry Kaplan
For decades, the increasing Latino presence in previously Black neighborhoods in South Los Angeles has raised concerns about political representation and hopes for a cross-racial movement for a more just city. Recent leaked city councl tapes show things are far from settled.
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10/30/2022
How US Latinos Resurrected the Day of the Dead
by Ricardo Romo
American Latinos have transformed the day from a private ritiual of communion with ancestors to a public affirmation of heritage.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
10/20/2022
Remarks by LA City Council Members Struck at Local Oaxacan Community
by A.S. Dillingham
Remarks stigmatizing Mexican immigrants with indigenous ancestry point to the fallacy of a unitary Latino identity and highlight the persistence of racial hierarchies in Latin America.
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SOURCE: New York Times
10/15/2022
My Students are Missing Their Own History
by Arlene Dávila
Disagreement over the particular labels used to describe Latino/a (or Latinx) people shouldn't overshadow the need for a more inclusive history.
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SOURCE: NPR
10/5/2022
Marfa, TX School to Become National Historic Site Preserving Story of Segregated Mexican Americans
The segregation of Anglo and Mexican students in Texas was not always enforced by law, but local custom and prejudice was sufficient in many places.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Agriculture
9/29/2022
Mireya Loza's History of Farm Work Will Shape Equity in Agriculture Industry
“We should not be creating a system in which guest workers are exploited and exploitable, and we're basically justifying it by saying, well, they're feeding their families.”
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SOURCE: Texas Tribune
9/19/2022
At its 50th Reunion, La Raza Unida Asks How to Pass the Torch
La Raza Unida grew out of civil rights mobilization in the 1960s and worked to mobilize the large, complex, and internally divided communities of ethnic Mexican Texans, focusing on education and voting rights, and struggling to bridge radical and moderate political outlooks.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
9/20/2022
US Neglect of Puerto Rico is in the News, but the Main Historical Relationship has been Abuse
by Jaquira Diaz
From forced disruption of native industry through mass sterilization and forced austerity, one writer argues that the only escape from mainland abuse is full Puerto Rican independence.
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9/18/2022
Gil Coronado: The Padrino of National Hispanic Month
by Ricardo Romo
After dropping out of high school to begin his Air Force career at age 15, Gil Coronado became the most influential leader in expanding the federal recognition of Hispanic heritage from a week to a month.
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8/28/2022
The Chicano Moratorium in East LA and Ventura County
by Frank P. Barajas
Chicano Moratorium commemorations continue today in communities in and out of East Los Angeles as they mark a history that centers on the experience of ethnic Mexican and Latinx peoples in the US to inspire and reinspire the young and old, to continue their struggle to realize the ideal of justice for all.
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