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The Mexican American Youth Organization (acronym MAYO, also described as the Mexican Youth Organization [1]) is a civil rights organization formed in 1967 in San Antonio, Texas, USA to fight for Mexican-American rights.
Francisco "Pancho" Villa (UK: / ˈ p æ n tʃ oʊ ˈ v iː ə / PAN-choh VEE-ə, [3] [4] US: / ˈ p ɑː n tʃ oʊ ˈ v iː (j) ə / PAHN-choh VEE-(y)ə, [3] [5] Spanish: [ˈpantʃo ˈβiʎa]; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary and prominent figure in the Mexican Revolution.
Francisco May Pech (1884 - 1969) was an indigenous Mayan Soldier and Commander who served as the last Supreme Commander of the Mayan forces in the Caste War of Yucatán. [ 1 ] Biography
In 2019, Regina Romero was elected Tucson's mayor. No Mexican American had held that office since 1875, when Arizona was still a territory and Estevan Ochoa won the mayoral race by a landslide. No Mexican American had held that office since 1875, when Arizona was still a territory and Estevan Ochoa won the mayoral race by a landslide.
Flag of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona [1]. The Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona [1] is a federally recognized tribe of Yaqui Native Americans in the state of Arizona.. Descended from the Yaqui people whose original homelands include the Yaqui River valley in western Sonora, Mexico [2] and southern Arizona, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe sought refuge from the Mexican government en masse prior to the ...
Regina Romero (born 1974) is an American politician serving as the 42nd Mayor of Tucson, Arizona since 2019.. In addition to being the Mayor of Tucson, Romero is the Chair of the Latino Alliance of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, [1] Co-chair of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, [2] an inaugural member of the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, [3] and a member of the Climate Mayors Network.
On 5 May 1911 (Cinco de Mayo), a revolutionary leader, [13] a bricklayer [14] or stonemason [13] [15] named Jesús C. Flores, made a public speech in nearby Gómez Palacio, Durango, in which he claimed that the Chinese were putting Mexican women out of jobs, had monopolized the gardening and grocery businesses, were accumulating vast amounts of ...
In the Spring of 1687, Jesuit missionary named Father Eusebio Francisco Kino lived and worked with the Native Americans (including the Sobaipuri) in the area called the "Pimería Alta," or "Upper Pima Country," which presently is located in northern Sonora and southern Arizona. During Father Eusebio Kino's stay in the Pimería Alta, he founded ...