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We celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month to recognize the achievements and contributions of Hispanic American champions who have inspired others to achieve success.
Find library resources celebrating and honoring Hispanic American history and culture.
Fantastic Short Stories by Women Authors From Spain and Latin America : A Critical Anthology by 
Crossroads : Time & Space / Tradition & Modernity in Hispanic Worlds by 
Working Women, Entrepreneurs, and the Mexican Revolution by 
The Spirit of Hispanism : Commerce, Culture, and Identity Across the Atlantic, 1875–1936 by 
Brown Church : Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity by 
Agent of Change : Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist by 
Hollywood Goes Latin : Spanish-Language Cinema in Los Angeles by 
Entre Fuegos, Memoria y Violencia de Estado : Los textos literarios y testimoniales del movimiento armado en México by 
No Option but North : The Migrant World and the Perilous Path Across the Border by 
The King of Adobe : Reies López Tijerina, Lost Prophet of the Chicano Movement by 
Latinos and the Liberal City : Politics and Protest in San Francisco by 15: A QUINCEANERA STORY is a series of four short films, each under a half hour, that follows five girls from different cultural, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, bonded together by this traditional rite of passage. As the girls pick out their dresses, ready their courts and venues, practice their intricate dance routines, and conquer their nerves, they also reflect (as do their proud parents) on the struggles that have led them to their quinces and the hopes they have for the future.
Dubbed “King Tiger” and “the Malcolm X of the Chicano Movement,” Reies López Tijerina inspired Mexican-American college students of the late 1960s and early 1970s to start the Chicano Civil Rights Movement that stressed ethnic pride, ethnic studies, and opposition to police brutality. The Chicano movement eventually faded away, but at the time of the production of this film, King Tiger was alive, living in Mexico, and wanting to tell his story.
In 1973, the eleven-year-old Miguelito was discovered singing in San Juan airport by the legendary New York record producer Harvey Averne. Within a year, he went from the slums of Manuel A Perez to recording an album with the finest salsa musicians of the time, to finally performing with Eddie Palmieri at Madison Square Garden in front of 20,000 people. Every radio station played some of his tracks, like Payaso and Canto a Borinquen. A year later, he had disappeared from public life.
For over a hundred years, the art of flamenco has been crossing the ocean into distant places. Many have fallen in love with the deep song, the cry, the rhythm. OVER THE WAVES explores the tradition of flamenco art in the US: its origins, protagonists, and its identity as a nomadic and hybrid art form. Focusing on the most important flamenco artists living in the United States, the documentary offers a unique look at their creative process.This documentary brings us straight into the heart of flamenco in the U.S. and to the artists who keep it alive.
This film follows the efforts of community leaders working to ensure Latino voter turnout. How will these efforts impact the presidential election result, and will 2020 be a tipping point for the impact of the Latino vote?
This is the story behind Latin boogaloo, a colorful expression of 1960's New York City Latino soul. From its origins to its recent resurgence, WE LIKE IT LIKE THAT is documents the music that redefined a generation and was too funky to keep down.
