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No Dogs or Mexicans Allowed

The history of segregation in the United States is a dark tale of discrimination and…

Dia De Muertos

Dia de Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a vibrant and culturally rich…

Manuel Ramirez Uruchurtu,
Titanic Victim

Uruchurtu boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg. He travelled alone. On April 10th he sent a…

José Vasconcelos,
The “Cosmic Race”

José Vasconcelos, Mexican educator, politician, essayist, and philosopher, whose five-volume autobiography is one of the…

Gus Garcia,
Setting The Tone

Gustavo "Gus" C. Garcia was a Mexican-American civil rights attorney and the first Mexican-American to…

The Construction of the Panama Canal

The completion of the Panama Canal by Americans in 1914 marked the end of a…

Hispanic vs Latinx

Hispanic and Latino are often used interchangeably though they actually mean two different things. Hispanic…

Los Angeles,
Founded by Los Pobladores

On September 4, 1781, a group of forty-four settlers known as "Los Pobladores" founded the…