Hispanic Heritage Month

National Archives

• Delano Grape Strike and Boycott 1965
  • "In 1965, Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, young Mexican American union organizers, brought Mexican and Filipino workers together to form the United Farm Workers (UFW)..."
• Mexican American Soldiers Mistreated 1943
  • "Although many Latinos joined the military during World War II to prove their citizenship and valor, they were treated as second-class citizens at home..."
• Zoot Suit Riots 1943
  • "The zoot suit was a popular style of dress among nonwhite youths during WWII..."

Google Cultural Institute

• Latino Experience in the USA: Works from the MFAH Collection
  • Online exhibit featuring Latinx artists whose works are part of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston collections.
• Influential People and Moments in Latino History in the US
  • This exhibit presents videos that recognize and shed light on people and events that have influenced Hispanic culture in America.
• Memories of Paco
  • A journey through the life and works of Laco de Lucía, or Franciso Sánchez Gómez–a virtuoso guitarist from Algeciras who revolutionized flamenco and had an enriching influence on jazz.
• Casasola's Revolution
  • The Mexican Revolution and the Casasola photographs are intertwined and there is no way of understanding one without the other. This photographic record makes tangible one of the most important social movements of the 20th Century, the Mexican Revolution.
• 10 Inspiring Latinas Who've Made History
  • From astronauts to artists, meet the Latinas who've shaped U.S. History

National Parks Service

• American Latino Heritage Featured Places
  • The NPS preserves a variety of places commemorating America's multi-faceted history. The NPS preserves cultural resources, such as buildings, landscapes, archeological sites, and museum collections. They serve as tangible evidence of our collective past.
• American Latino Heritage: People
  • Explore a few of the many people associated with the Latino history of the United States.

Check out the events calendars from these organizations:

• Smithsonian Heritage and History Month Events
• Library of Congress
• AFI Latin American Film Festival

10 Unsung Hispanic Heroes that Changed History

Latino USA

 NPR’s only national Latino news and cultural weekly radio program

Latino Rebels

a pioneering digital news outlet founded by Julio Ricardo Varela that reaches millions through its website, radio programming, and podcasts

alt.Latino

NPR Music's web-based program about Latin Alternative music and Latino culture, hosted by Felix Contreras. It features music as well as interviews with many of the most well-known Latino musicians, actors, film makers and writers

In the Thick

Political podcast where journalists of color tell you what you’re missing from the mainstream news.

Co-hosted by award-winning journalists Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela, IN THE THICK has the conversations about race, identity and politics few people are discussing or want to discuss.

Latina to Latina

In this interview series, host Alicia Menendez talks to remarkable Latinas about making it, faking it, and everything in between.

Podcasts en Español

Radio Ambulante

Award-winning narrative podcast that tells uniquely Latin American stories in Spanish, bringing the quality of longform print journalism to the radio. 

LATINO AMERICANS is the first major documentary series for television to chronicle the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have helped shape North America over the last 500-plus years.

https://storycorps.org/discover/historias/

Launched in 2009, StoryCorps Historias is an initiative to record the diverse stories and life experiences of Latinx people in the United States. Sharing these stories celebrates our history, honors our heritage, and captures the true spirit of our community. It will also ensure that the voices of Latina/Latino people will be preserved and remembered for generations to come.