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Faith leaders, including some evangelicals, central to migrant rights movement
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA convoy of far-right Christian nationalists calling themselves "God's Army" have been staging...
Larry Itliong, Filipino American leader in the labor movement, honored across California
NBC News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCalifornians are honoring the influential Filipino American labor rights leader Larry Itliong, who...
Cinco de Mayo 2024: The civil rights movement that made Cinco de Mayo popular in the US
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCinco de Mayo isn’t a really popular holiday in Mexico, believe it or not. But since the 1960s, it’s become widely celebrated in the United States due to a civil rights movement called the Chicano ...
Cesar Chavez Day is observed on March 31. How was he connected to Arizona?
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe farmworker organizer and civil rights leader whose life and work are honored with a federal...
16 women throughout history who famously fought for equality
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs a tribute, women covered women's suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony's tombstone with "I Voted"...
Music sparked the nation's largest farmworker movement, civil rights icon attests
NBC Universal via AOL· 8 months agoLatina civil rights icon Dolores Huerta says music was a spark in the farmworker movement led by her...
Want to honor Cesar Chavez? You must keep his story alive. | Opinion
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAs a veteran civil rights attorney, I have often been struck about how quickly a leader’s legacy...
Civil rights activist Ramsey Muniz leaves behind complicated legacy
Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 9—HARLINGEN — During his historic campaign stumps across Texas, Mexican-Americans' first state gubernatorial candidate stirred students like Rogelio Nunez to keep pushing for the growing ...
A Chicano Heritage Month? Yes and here's why, this legislator says
NBC News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCalifornia Rep. Lou Correa is reintroducing a resolution to make August Chicano/Chicana Heritage...
Florida students threaten lawsuit against DeSantis over African American studies rejection
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCivil rights attorney Benjamin Crump said Wednesday that three Florida high school students are...