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In 2021, Hispanic business owners made up 6.9 percent of all small businesses. Learn more about Hispanic-owned small businesses here.
In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Rockford Register Star has partnered with La Onda, a newly-formed nonprofit organization, to help share and celebrate the impact of Hispanic ...
The survey, conducted by the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative in 2020 among 3,500 white- and 3,500 Latino-owned businesses found that both groups had similar credit risk and liquidity ...
Member of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans (1995–2001), The 1996 U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Business Woman of the Year distinction, honored by the prestigious Sara Lee Corporation Frontrunner Award, [9] The 2001 Horatio Alger Award, Inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame (2002),
Henry R. Muñoz III (born December 1959) is an American businessperson and activist. He has used his wealth to launch national movements including Momento Latino, TheDream.US and Latino Victory to support the Latino community through awareness, college funding and electoral support. [1] [2] [3] He is a vice chair of the Democratic National ...
The history of Hispanics and Latinos in the United States is wide-ranging, spanning more than four hundred years of American colonial and post-colonial history. Hispanics (whether criollo, mulatto, afro-mestizo or mestizo) became the first American citizens in the newly acquired Southwest territory after the Mexican–American War , and ...
From the late 1980s to the mid-2000s, Alianza Islámica was the largest and most influential Latino Muslim organization in U.S. history. It was co-founded in New York City's fabled Spanish Harlem by three Puerto Rican Muslims - John (Yahya) Figueroa, Ramon (Rahim) Ocasio, and Freddie (Ibrahim) Gonzalez, who all lived within five blocks of each other.
Hispanic Heritage Month is from Sept.15-Oct. 15. It honors history and culture while emphasizing the importance of identity and representation.