California's Latinx History
Also known as "Las Boinas Cafés", this organization of activists sprung during the Chicano Movement in the late 1960s.
BROWN BERETS!
Fun Fact: The Brown Berets' movements largely revolved around farmworkers' struggles, educational reform, and opposition to the Vietnam War; presently, they have also organized against police brutality.
Puerto Rican artist making a lot buzz, streamed by the millions, and created the first all-spanish-language album that toped the US Billboards 200.
Benito Antonio Martinez, aka "Bad Bunny"!
Fun Fact: His song "Dakiti" broke the Billboard Global 200 number-one hit.
A giant in the magical realism literary movement, this Colombian author is best known for his novels "One Hundred Years of Solitude", "Love in the time of Cholera", among others.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez!
Fun Fact: Marquez won the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature in in 1982.
Members of the "Southern Belt", these three states have the three largest leading populations of Latinxs in the U.S.
Florida, Arizona, California!
Fun Fact: Despite their growing populations, it is argued that Latinxs in both Arizona and Florida were severely undercounted in the 2020 census due to their lack of funding and outreach.
You can find art-work and murals curated by Latinx artists at this spot in San Francisco.
Balmy and Clarion Alleys!
Fun Fact: The Mission's murals were initiated by the work of the Chicano Art Mural Movement in the 1970s and was inspired by traditional Mexican painters like the great Diego Rivera.
This American Gymnast was a member of the infamous "Fab Five" who took Gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Laurie Hernandez!
Which of the following became the first Latina to go into space?
a) Ilena Ros-Lehtinen
b) Ellen Ochoa
c) Maria Elena Salinas
Ellen Ochoa!
Cuban-American Ilena Ros-Lehtinen was the first Latina to serve in the Florida House of Representatives.
Dubbed "the voice of Hispanic America" by the NYT, Maria Elena Salinas is the longest running female news anchor at Univision.
Representing New York's 14th District and widely know for her ardent progressive politics, this member of the House of Representatives is the youngest womxn to serve in Congress.
AOC!
Fun Fact: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of the major authors of the Green New Deal, a proposed piece of legislation aimed at combating climate change and fundamentally transforming the nation's infrastructure systems.
This activist's work with the National Farm Workers Association coined the famed "Si Se Puede" chant/slogan.
Dolores Huerta!
Fun Fact: Doleres Huerta was instrumental in the enactment of the Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1967 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her life's work by President Barack Obama in 2012.
Yalitza Aparicio Martinez's debut lead-role in this film challenged ongoing tensions of classicism, race, and indigeneity through her role of maid to a middle-upper Mexican household.
ROMA!
Fun Fact: Among the many accolades Roma received, Yalitza was also nominated to the Academy Awards for Best Actress. Backlash of her subsequent cover on Vogue Magazine revealed the discrimination marginalized indigenous folx face across Latin American countries.
After a tumultuous life of art, global fame, and promotion of communist ideology, this artist spent her last days painting and writing in bed.
Frida Khalo!
Fun Fact: The physical and emotional pains of life are vividly translated in the works of the Mexican painter. As she once said, "I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best".
She attended Princeton, graduated from Yale Law, became U.S District Court Judge, and now holds one of the nine and highest judiciary seats as a Supreme Court Justice.
Sonia Sotomayor!
Fun Fact: Sotomayor was nominated by President Obama in 2009 and supports liberal causes in Healthcare, Reproductive/Voting Rights, and many more.
The passage of this 1994 ballot initiative reflected California's concerns about "illegal" immigration.
PROPOSITION 187
Fun Fact: The proposition established a citizenship screening system which prohibited undocumented immigrants from using non-emergency health care, public education, and other services in the State of California.
Chorpus native and grammy award singer who propelled Mexican Tejano music to the national stage.
Selena!
Fun Fact: Selena Quintanilla won a Grammy in 1993 and a gold record for her single "Amor Prohibido" in 1994.
Puerto Rican and Venzuelan trans womxn who helped launch trans and queer liberation.
Sylvia Rivera
Fun Fact: In addition to her activism among the LGBTQ+ community, she fought against police violence quoting, "We always felt that the police was the real enemy".
Leading student activist who spoke at the nationwide "March for Our Lives" protest in Washington D.C.
Emma Gonzalez!
Fun Fact: In response to the tragic 2018 Stoneman Douglas HS shooting in Parkland, FL, Emma has transformed her focus and activism towards gun violence and advocating for gun control in America.
Before Brown v Board of Ed, this historical class action lawsuit led to the official desegregation of California schools in 1947.
Mendez v Westmeister!
Fun Fact: The case started when Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year old student at the time, was turned away from a California public school deemed "for whites only". She was
Touted as the "patron saint of Latino Baseball", this player was the first Latino to be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Roberto Clemente!
Fun Fact: Despite facing discrimination on and of the field, Roberto Clemente, a Puerto Rican Afro-latino, played 18 seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates and won numerous award, such as the Most Valuable Player in 1966 and played in 15 All-star games.
These three sisters fearlessly led a revolutionary underground movement challenging the violent and oppressive dictatorship of Leonidas Trujllo.
Mierva, Patria, and Maria Teresa, aka "The Mirabal Sisters"!
Fun Fact: Acclaimed Dominican American writer Julia Alvarez wrote the novel "In the Times of Butterflies" detailing the life and work of the Maribal sisters.
Name three social justice causes/issue happening around Latinoamerica.
-Feminist Activism combating Mexican Femicide
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