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The Centro Cultural de la Raza (Spanish for Cultural Center of the People) is a non-profit organization with the specific mission to create, preserve, promote and educate about Chicano, Mexicano, Native American and Latino art and culture. It is located in Balboa Park in San Diego, California.
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the largest and oldest Hispanic and Latin-American civil rights organization in the United States. [2] It was established on February 17, 1929, in Corpus Christi, Texas, largely by Hispanics returning from World War I who sought to end ethnic discrimination against Latinos in the United States.
The Monumento a La Raza at Avenida de los Insurgentes, Mexico City (inaugurated 12 October 1940) Flag of the Hispanic People. In Mexico, the Spanish expression la Raza [1] ('the people' [2] or 'the community'; [3] literal translation: 'the race' [2]) has historically been used to refer to the mixed-race populations (primarily though not always exclusively in the Western Hemisphere), [4 ...
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Hispanic Heritage Month, or “Mes de la Herencia Hispana” in Spanish, honors the history, culture, food, music and accomplishments of the Hispanic community.. Before Hispanic Heritage Month ...
UnidosUS, formerly National Council of La Raza (NCLR) , [2] is the United States's largest Latino nonprofit advocacy organization. It advocates in favor of progressive public policy changes including immigration reform , a path to citizenship for migrants , and reduced deportations.
MAYO and its political organization, Raza Unida Party, played an important part in Texas history during the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were a part of the larger Chicano movement in the United States, and played a role in bringing about civil rights for Mexican-Americans.
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 ...