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Manuel Ramirez Uruchurtu,
Titanic Victim

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

Mirabal Sisters,
Symbols of Resistance

Patria, Minerva and María Teresa Mirabal—three sisters from a middle class family, all married with…

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…

Roy Benavidez,
5 Purple Hearts

Special Forces Master Sgt. Roy Benavidez is a legend, plain and simple. The Texas native…

Santos Rodriguez,
$8 Dollars In Change

On the morning of July 24, 1973, in Dallas, Texas, 30-year-old Dallas Police Officer Darrell…

Miguel Hidalgo,
Founder of Mexico

Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (May 8, 1753–July 30, 1811) is today remembered as the…

Felix Longoria,
The Longoria Affair

Private Felix Longoria was killed in the Philippines as World War II came to an…

Atahualpa,
Last King of the Inca

Atahualpa was the last of the native lords of the mighty Inca Empire, which spanned…

Sylvia Mendez,
Precedent for Brown vs
Board of Education

As the daughter of a Mexican immigrant and a Puerto Rican immigrant, Sylvia Mendez was…