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U.S.-Mexico Border, History of the
Miguel A. Levario
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
History of the U.S.-Mexico BorderIntroductionNew ways of thinking about US-Mexico border history reveal a significant shift from narrowed national nar...
Undocumented College Students and the DREAM Act
Michael A. Olivas
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Undocumented College Students and the DREAM ActIntroductionDecided by the US Supreme Court in 1982, Plyler v. Doe (cited under Litigation) has extende...
United Farm Workers Union
Matt Garcia
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
United Farm Workers Union Introduction The formation of the United Farm Workers (UFW) in 1965 under the leadership of Cesar Chavez produced a...
Urbanism, Latino
Jesús J. Lara
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Latino Urbanism Introduction Latinos are assuming prominence in our social, political, and economic systems, and they are having a growing imp...
US Spanish-Language Radio
Dolores Inés Casillas
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2018-03-28
US Spanish-Language RadioIntroductionDespite US Spanish-language radio’s early 1920s beginnings, the industry did not experience significant growth un...
US-Mexico Border, Death at the
Néstor P. Rodríguez
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2015-03-30
Death at the US-Mexico Border Introduction Hundreds of Mexicans, Central Americans, and other migrants die annually at the US-Mexico border wh...
Utah
Jorge Iber
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Utah Introduction From the start of the “Chicano era” of political activism in the late 1960s, historians and other scholars writing the story...
Venezuelan Americans
Irina Troconis, Ilan Stavans
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2014-04-28
Venezuelan AmericansIntroductionThe term “Venezuelan Americans” refers to US citizens who trace their heritage, or part of their heritage, to Venezuel...
Voting Rights and Redistricting
Rodolfo O. de la Garza
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Voting Rights and Redistricting Introduction The Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965, its subsequent amendments, and related court decisions are a...
White-Latino Relations
Betina Cutaia Wilkinson, Liz Torres-Ramirez
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2019-07-31
White-Latino RelationsIntroductionThe United States is often regarded as a country of immigrants given its long history of immigration. While American...
Young Adult Literature
Phillip Serrato
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Young-Adult Literature Introduction Young-adult literature typically refers to texts written for and usually about adolescents. In some cases,...
Zoot Suit Riot
Eduardo Obregón Pagán
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Zoot Suit Riot Introduction As night fell on Los Angeles on 3 June 1943, military men and civilians launched coordinated assaults on zoot-suit...
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