Born August 8, 1879, Emiliano Zapata fought for land and liberty under his Plan of Ayala. The plan called for redistributing the land by seizing all land owned foreign owners and confiscating the land held by wealthy hacendada owners who were squeezing out indigenous communities by forcing them into debt slavery so they will work [...]
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Last week Feb 17, 1929, during the height of the nativist movement, three pioneering Latino civil rights organizations met at Obreros Hall in Corpus Christi, Texas and agreed to merge to form the League of United Latin American Citizens. The emergency of LULAC came at a particular history of South Texas when Hispanics [...]
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Happy Juneteenth!!!
For those who are not aware of this holiday, Juneteenth is the oldest known celebrated holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth is also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. Only 25 states in the US celebrate this day, Texas being one of them, where the holiday actually began.
The [...]
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Most people are not very aware of the presence of African slaves in colonial Mexico. In fact, some people believe that the influence of the African to Mexican culture is negligible at best. But the African laborer actually played an important role in the economic complexities of colonial Mexico. And, in some parts of [...]
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What you know about Cinco de May is only half the story. It is also known as the great mayonnaise mess.
Most people don’t know that back in 1912, Hellmann’s mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, México, which was [...]
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
Para Justicia y Libertad is a Latino-centered political blog focusing on the humanistic perspective of politics, history, and society as they relate to the Latina/o community throughout Texas and the United States.
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