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Subject: Somos Primos May 2014
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Dear Primos and friends:
The May issue features Cesar Chavez and a series of articles revealing the impact that Chavez' life has made in the United States. At a meeting of the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research, Judge Rick Aguirre, and his wife Linda, who is related to Cesar Chavez, shared the facts of Cesar's family. They were pioneers, early Arizona US Government Land Grant recipients. Most Americans would assume that Cesar was an immigrant field worker. I did. Their family history research changed my perspective.
More and more historians, educators, and family history researchers are uncovering facts that are changing their personal perspectives. Two weeks ago, I did a presentation on writing your family history at a large Family History Fair (about 25 instructors). The theme was "Beyond Genealogy." Querying those in attendance, all expressed a desire to share with their children and grandchildren to increase understanding and respect for their own families, to discover inherent strengths and talents.
Building a base of family stories will help us prepare and encourage us in the effort to bring about a National Museum of the American Latino.
Featured in May is a cluster of articles concerning the status of the Museum. Hope you feel the need to start writing your family history.
Twenty years ago, while attending an event in Washington, D.C., I was asked matter of fact by a non-Hispanic, "Will your folk really, really have anything to put into a Museum?" I say we do . . .
Table of Contents
CESAR CHAVEZ
Cuban Actor Tony Plana joins campaign for National Cesar Chavez Day Ex-Braceros Win Demand by Martha Zarate Oración de la lucha del campesino/Prayer of the Farm Workers' Struggle by Jesus Rafael Gonzalez En celebración de César E. Chávez by Jesus Rafael Gonzalez Cesar Chavez: A Solemn Procession César E. Chávez National Monument Welcomed César Is Not a Museum Piece by Kent Paterson Comments About Cesar Chavez movie
Cuento: A Proud Primo . . . Joe Merino
The Cesar Chavez Film in Perspective: Hollywood vs History Pelicula Sobre Cesar Chavez NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN LATINO What is the Status of the National Museum of the American Latino? by Mimi Lozano National Museum Of The American Latino Could Be Threatened By Immigrant Museum by Tony Castro Latino Americans Wins the coveted Peabody Award by John Valadez Comments by Dr. Refugio Rochin, Jose Antonio Lopez, Delia Gonzalez Huffman Latino Museum plans in limbo. Site to become “pop-up” space by Sam Sturgis How likely is a national Latino museum? by Steve Linan Latinos and Afro-Latino Legacy in the United States: history, culture, and issues of identity.
by Refugio I. Rochin, Ph.D.
UNITED STATES
USA statistics for the Year 1910
La Gran Voz del Pueblo
Cuento: My Turn by Daisy Wanda Garcia
Cuento: Amelia Diaz's amazing life, Shared by Gil Chavez
Cuento: Part 2, Highly Political Organizations Nervously Studied,
My Work in USAID By José M. Peña Teaching Tolerance Latino Civil Rights Timeline, 1903 to 2006
NCLR: A Packed Agenda: CASA Project Day
NCLR: July 18-22 National Conference, Los Angeles
HISTORIC TIDBITS
Benito Juarez
Mexican revolutionary captures San Antonio, April 1, 1813 The Battle of San Jacinto, March 13, 1836 US Troops March on Monterrey, Mexico, Sept 21-24, 1846 One of the biggest gun battles in the history of the American West, Laredo, Texas, 1886 Mexican-descent citizens originating in Early Texas, not descended from immigrants.
History of Gun Control as shared by the Black Chamber of Commerce Fifty years later, Latinos still fighting for civil rights by Victoria DeFrancesco Soto
HISPANIC LEADERS
Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel laureate writer, dies aged 87 Louis Zapata, First Mexican American Elected to Fort Worth Council, dies at 79 Dr. Salomon Hernandez Flores, Educator, died at 79 in 2007 LATINO PATRIOTS OC Sentinel, dedicated to Veterans
YouTube: Lita De Los Santos had 8 brothers serving in WWII Vietnam Wall, access names
YouTube: Welcome Home to Vietnam Veterans The Wall Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Alliance Dutch Families have adopted American WWII Soldiers More Latinos Merit Medal of Honor by Rick Leal World War II POW Jose Holguin WW II Poster, Sent by Rosa Parachou World War II generation of Mexican-Americans made huge strides in civil rights movement
by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
1,892 US Veterans Are Thought to Have Committed Suicide Since January 1,
2014
EARLY LATINO PATRIOTS
Order of Granaderos y Damas de Galvez, April 5, 2014 My Days as a Colonist / Soldier with Don Juan de Onate – Part 4 by Louis F. Serna
SURNAMES
The Spencer Family of England, Their Spanish Connection by John D.
Inclan
DNA
Using DNA Tests to Find Birth Families by Kimberly Powell Who was Joaquin Murrieta? The Real Zorro
FAMILY HISTORY
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