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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Somos Primos August 2015
UNITED STATES
San Antonio Missions Achieve World Heritage Recognition
Alamo, Spanish missions in San Antonio named World Heritage Site report by:
Jim Forsyth; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Frances Kerry
Plan to Replace Father Serra Statue in U.S. Capitol Halted
We, the people of Mexican-descent by Joe Lopez
Lessons My Mexican Father Taught Me by Alvaro Huerta, Ph.D.
Congress Lauds American G.I. Forum Founder Garcia By Rudi Williams
Documentary: On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam written By Sara Bibel
Smithsonian Portrays Civil Rights Struggle, Dolores Huerta by Melanie
Bencosme
The Saga of Cesar Chavez By James DiEugenio
Ruthless Power/Deleterious Politics: From DDT to Roundup By Evaggelos
Vallianatos
Latino activists
Dedication Rewarded: Prominent Mexican Americans by Vernica Salazar
Political Activist Rosie Castro (Mom to Joaqun and Julin)
Hispanics in federal employment
Rita Moreno, legendary actress and singer, Kennedy Center Honors recipients
Jess S.Trevio, Chicano media pioneer and LATINOPIA
Wonderwoman Broke the Chains Limiting Women
Senator Orrin Hatch Addresses 86th Annual LULAC Presidential Awards
Banquet
Roger C. Rocha, Jr. Elected LULAC National President at 86th Annual
Conference
Reflections from the 2015 NCLR Annual Conference
Immigrants' visas expire but many remain, despite repercussions
Children of Undocumented Immigrants Denied Citizenship by Melissa del
Bosque
Chinese now top U.S. immigrant arrivals by Erika Lee
Immigration and Nationality Records and Research
Census Bureau Links
Terms of Identity: Whats in a Name? By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca
Synopsis for Searching for America in the Streets of Laredo by Fernando Pinon
History of the Star Spangled Banner
USS New York LPD-21: Forged from the steel of the World Trade Center
TV Host Tomi Hahren says in two minutes What We're ALL Thinking
HERITAGE PROJECTS
Visiting Our Spanish American Heritage by Eddie Martinez
Latest Update on the Three Rivers Historical Marker by Wanda Garcia
Bernardo de Glvez Statue commissioned by Pensacola Heritage Foundation
History in Motion: Shaping San Francisco
Latino Lens
HISTORIC TIDBITS
World heritage status for The Alamo By Christoph Noelting and Frank Jordans
June 26th, 1832 -- Mexican garrison surrenders in prelude to Texas Revolution
June 27th, 1874 -- Indian raiders strike again at Adobe Walls
June 5th, 1873 -- Margaret Borland dies of "trail fever"
July 4th, 1845 -- Convention considers annexation
Confederate Battle Flags, 1861-1865
HISPANIC LEADERS
Carlos B. Vega, Spanish language educator, writer September 22, 1938 Mario "Sonny" Madrid, Editor of Lowrider Magazine Jan. 19, 1945 - June 22,
2015
SURNAMES: De Ortega
FAMILY HISTORY:
People Search Online: Strategies for Finding Living People
By Kimberly Powell
EDUCATION
Fantasy Sports Daily Private Scholarship Opportunity
Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the 21st Century
LNESC , Stem Explorers
86th LULAC Conference in Salt Lake Job Core area
Early Education for Hispanics in Chicago
Red Nose Day A Success! Over $21 million raised to fight childhood poverty
New Americans with their Old World values by Esther Bonilla Read
The California-Mexico Studies Center
CULTURE
91-year-old Peruvian finishes translating Don Quijote to Quechua by Hillary
Ojeda
Maestro del Canto Latinoamericano, Rafael Manriquez
True life story of Chicano Rock Legend Little Willie G.
Juan Felipe Herrera new U.S. poet laureate: 'Shout it from the roof tops'
Nezahualcoyotl and the Poetry of Aztlan by Felipe de Ortego y Gasca
Leslie Cartaya: From Cuba To CromwellA Singers Journey by Jay Sloves
BOOKS AND PRINT MEDIA
2015 International Latino Book Awards
Author Herman Willas speaks of the 2015 Book Awards experience.
Review of Victor Gonzalez 2014 International Book Awards winner
Insurgency: 1968 Aztec Walkout
A discussion of the Meaning of . . . Con Safos
The Feast of San Sebastian by Norma Burgos Vzquez
Accin Latina receives Latino Americans: 500 Years of History grant
Review of: Latin Blues - A Tale of Police Omerta By Joe Sanchez
ORANGE COUNTY, CA
August 8th: SHHAR Board Meeting:
Heads up on local historical event: September 26, 2015: 16th Annual Logan
Barrio Reunion
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Documentary: Weaving the Past, Journey of Discovery by Walter Dominguez
Book: House of Aragon: Chapter 8 by Michael S. Perez
Pope Francis Appoints Fr. Robert Barron Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles
August 2nd, 2015: Celebration of Our Lady of Rocio will take place
Update on the Restoration of the Fort Moore Monument
View Park Arts and Cultural Foundation
'Black Beverly Hills' debates historic status vs. white gentrification
Phenomenon of Gentrification: Barrio Self-determination
Viewer response: Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery
CALIFORNIA
Report: The Status of Latinos in California
June 27, 2015 Los Californianos honor Ancestors
at Presidio of San Francisco
The Mission Santa Clara Manuscript Archives Collection
Family-Owned Mexican Joints Endure in San Francisco By Emma Neiman
Somos America
Congratulations to Madeline Martinez Lozano on her 99th Birthday July 18th
Logan Heights: The Occupation of Neighborhood House
and the birth of the Chicano Free Clinic By Maria E. Garcia
NORTHWESTERN, US
Museum of Mormon History of the Americas commemorated 100th anniversary
of execution of Rafael Monroy and Vicente Morales
The Catalonian Volunteers
American Latino Heritage: Discover Our Shared Heritage: Olympic National
Park
Cole Holland College, Salt Lake, Utah
SOUTHWESTERN, US
When I was a Kid, Part 3 of 3: Growing up, Grandpa Liben Serna and school,
by Louis "Frankie" Serna
TEXAS
Searching for America in the Streets of Laredo: the Mexican American
Experience in the Anglo American Narrative by Fernando Pinon
October 8-10: 36TH Annual Texas State Hispanic Genealogical and
INTERNATIONAL
Europe's Great Migration Crisis by Soeren Kern
Naval Air Station Atsugi, Japan
The Troubling Question in the French Jewish Community: Is It Time to Leave?
By Marie Brenner, Vanity Fair