Curated Video
The Mexican Culture in America
Dr. Forrester talks about the Mexican-American culture and how it has influenced our culture in the United States.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Puerto Rico’s Crisis Began Before Hurricane Maria
Well before Hurricane Maria hit the island, Puerto Rico was experiencing a deep economic crisis. Marie Mora, professor of economics at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, explains the roots of “La Crisis Boricua.”
Vlogbrothers
The Mexican Repatriation
In which John discusses The Mexican Repatriation of the 1930s, a story from U.S. History he learned about only recently.
Curated Video
Chicano Art Movement
The Chicano Art Movement was an explosion of Mexican-American culture that established a unique artistic identity in the United States - and raised up a new political voice.
Curated Video
Civil Rights Movement: The Fight for Equality
The fight for Civil Rights in America has been fought by many groups of diverse peoples, all striving for equality.
PBS
Pbs American Experience: A Class Apart
In 1951, in the small town of Edna, Texas, a murder led to a civil rights case that would change the life and legal standing of Hispanic people. This documentary tells the story of the events, and the Mexican American lawyers who took...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Mendez v Westminster, Desegregating California's Schools
Sylvia Mendez recalls the conditions that led Mexican Americans to sue for desegregation in the 1940s in this segment from Mendez vs. Westminster: For All the Children, from KOCE-TV. [8:37]
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Sleepy Lagoon Case
The disturbing story of the Sleepy Lagoon case in which 22 Mexican American defendants were tried together in the same court case in front of Charles W. Fricke (1882-1958 CE).