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The primary purpose of the center was to place Latino contributions to the arts, history, science, and national culture across the Smithsonian's museums and research centers. [2] The center is a division of the Smithsonian Institution. [3] As of May 2016, the center was run by an executive director, Eduardo Díaz. [4]
Latino organizations and civil rights groups filed a friend of the court brief against a lawsuit filed by conservative legal activist Edward Blum to stop a Smithsonian internship designed to draw ...
A recent controversy over the politics of a Smithsonian exhibit must not derail the anticipated National Museum of the American Latino, says Fabiola Santiago. Latino Museum in D.C. is essential.
A funding dispute between Republicans and Democrats over what history is portrayed in a proposed Latino museum underscores cultural and political clashes. Culture wars in Congress could derail a ...
The National Museum of the American Latino is a future Smithsonian Institution museum dedicated to highlighting the contributions of American Latinos in U.S. history and culture. [2] It will be situated in a "signature location on the National Mall " in Washington, D.C. , in the United States. [ 3 ]
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) (Spanish: El Día Nacional de Concientización Latina del SIDA) takes place in the United States of America and its territories on October 15, the last day of National Hispanic Heritage Month, and aims to increase awareness of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the Hispanic/Latino population living in the ...
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For at least two years, Hispanic organizations and individuals- Raul Yzaguirre of the National Council of La Raza prominent among them- had been lobbying the government for a federal agency that would oversee educational outreach for Hispanic Americans and help to improve their academic performance. After months of negotiation and planning ...