View an exhaustive list of Hispanic Americans in Congress. View their photos as well as read of their works and accomplishments.

Extensive biography of Democratic congressman and Hispanic leader, Henry Gonzalez.

An excellent description of the problems facing the involvement of Hispanic-Americans in American politics. The essay covers 1948 to 1996, with a good discussion of the civil rights era.

Hispanic Americans represent an important and growing population in Congress. Read a short history and click on the interactive map to see the number of Hispanic American Congressmen from each state for each congressional term.

This site is your link to teaching resources about Hispanic heritage. Choose from topics such as Musica del Pueblo, Mexican America, Latino Voices in American Art, or many others. Explore links to interactive exhibits, lesson plans, and...

This is the biography page for the Hispanic congressman from New York state Jose Serrano, who has served since 1990.

The Julian Samora Research Institute was established in honor of Julian Samora, a leading Mexican-American sociologist. Its mandate is to promote academic research and to disseminate its findings to the public, the government, academia,...

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Argentinean Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Bolivian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Cuban Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Ecuadoran Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Honduran Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Nicaraguan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Panamanian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Paraguayan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Puerto Rican Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Salvadoran Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Uruguayan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Costa Rican Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Venezuelan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

Site provides demographics for the Hispanic American consumer market. The article "Hispanics, Latinos, Persons of Color" is also informative.

Explains the significance of Hispanic Heritage Month and provides a huge collection of links to websites looking at Mexican and Hispanic art and culture, as well as some lesson plans.

The effort to coin a term to describe a wildly diverse group of Americans has long stirred controversy. The terms Latino, Hispanic and Latinx are often used interchangeably to describe a group that makes up about 19 percent of the U.S....

This site gives a brief history of the Rough Riders, a group of voluntary men who fought with Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba during the Spanish American War.