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Recordando a un Mártir
Aunque la mayoría no recuerda ni siquiera sabe quién fue Rubén, yo digo que deberíais hacerlo, si os importa la historia chicana.
18 hours ago4 min read


Remembering a Martyr
While most don’t remember or even know who Ruben was, I say you should, that is if you care about Chicano History.
18 hours ago4 min read


Ignacio ZaragozaHéroe de la batalla de Puebla
Nació el 24 de marzo, 1829 en Bahía del Espíritu Santo en el estado de Coahuila y Texas ahora se llama Goliad, Texas a Miguel Zaragoza y Maria de Jesús Valdez Martínez Seguin. Era de nacimiento Tejano o más bien era “Puro Tejano.”
21 hours ago1 min read


No era ningún adolescente normal (Ritchie Valens)
Era una sensación adolescente. Podría conseguir una multitud alteradas y cantando con él tan bien como Elvis Presley.
21 hours ago2 min read


Julie Ann (Fernández) Swearingin
Julie Ann Fernández nació en Saginaw, Michigan. Su padre nació en Humacao, Puerto Rico, y a su madre en San Antonio, Texas.
22 hours ago3 min read


Ritchie Valens
He was no ordinary teenager, He was a teenage singing sensation. He could get a crowd riled up and singing with him as good as Elvis Presley.
22 hours ago2 min read


Quien Somos – Part II
For Hispanics, Quien Somos is the most important question of our time. It is a question for which political pundits wish they had the answer. To understand the question we must understand what got us here, what we have in common and what makes us different. In defining ourselves we must know one, how we are perceived by the general population and two, how we perceive ourselves. As a Colombiano and Venezolano told me, “Everyone thinks we are Mexicanos”. We Hispanics certa
1 day ago6 min read


El Grito de Dolores
The question many Mexican-Americans ask is “why do I celebrate Mexican Independence Day in America?”
1 day ago2 min read


Amiga (Fort Worth's own Pauline Valenciano)
By Crystal Perez September 6, 2013 Pauline Valenciano In the 1960s, President John F. Kennedy challenged the country; “My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” Among the thousands of Americans who responded to that call to action, service, was Fort Worth's own Pauline Valenciano. From an early age Pauline was interested in politics. Born and reared in Fort Worth, the youngest of nine children, Pauline learned ear
4 days ago2 min read
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