History + California Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

October 27, 2009

Preserving El Salvador’s historic memory: Organizer explains big L.A. event – “Preservación de la Memoria Histórica Salvadoreña”

October 14, 2009

1969: Chicano Movement Rising – Notes on Raza history in East LA, Oct 14 at Cal State LA

September 21, 2009

Pair to present research on Stockton’s Latino history – Ruben Sanchez, manager of Stockton Rural Cemetery, recently sifted through the old records of deceased Mexicans and Mexican-Americans and collaborated with Stockton historian Grant Louis Ashley to bring to life some of the city’s history that has been overlooked.

June 18, 2009

Remembering El Espectador – The muckracking, Spanish-language newspaper founded in the ’30s still shows the way for today’s burgeoning ethnic media

Advocating for Immigrants: Filmmakers Tell the Story of the Hispanic Press in America – Juan Gonzáles y Félix F. Gutiérrez

June 4, 2009

June 3, 1943 marked the start of just over a week of violence on the streets of Los Angeles that would come to be known as the Zoot Suit Riots – 66th Anniversary

March 20, 2009

Mendez v. Westminster Case at Center of New Curriculum Children across California could soon learn about desegregation, migration, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and more

December 23, 2008

Juan Gonzales, who was born and raised in east Stockton, is spearheading a project documenting 200 years of Latino journalism in the United States. Titled “Voices for Justice: The Enduring Legacy of the Latino Press in the U.S.,” the project follows how Latino newspapers and the issues they cover have changed since the inception of the nation’s first Latino newspaper, El Misisipi, founded in 1808 in New Orleans.

December 2, 2008

Man’s basement library a trove of Latino history – Richard Soto in Stockton, California

September 30, 2008

Sonoma County was La Frontera del Norte in 1800s

September 22, 2008

Historian William David Estrada brings us a fascinating and well-researched historical examination of his city’s cultural and political heart in The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space (University of Texas Press, $24.95 paperback).

September 17, 2008

Chico, California celebrates El Dia de la Independencia – Thousands fill City Plaza

September 12, 2008

Latino activist George Ortiz joined other local Latinos in contributing memories, and lending his recorded voice, to the Sonoma County Museum’s new exhibit, “La Frontera Del Norte” (“The Frontier of the North,”) which opened Friday night in Santa Rosa.

May 13, 2008

“Sounds Latino!” Exhibition at UCSB Accessible Via Telephone

May 6, 2008

California Education to Latinos: Sorry, We Forgot That You Exist!