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Faith leaders, including some evangelicals, central to migrant rights movement
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA convoy of far-right Christian nationalists calling themselves "God's Army" have been staging...
Cinco de Mayo 2024: The civil rights movement that made Cinco de Mayo popular in the US
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 weeks 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 ...
Larry Itliong, Filipino American leader in the labor movement, honored across California
NBC News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCalifornians are honoring the influential Filipino American labor rights leader Larry Itliong, who...
Cesar Chavez Day is observed on March 31. How was he connected to Arizona?
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 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· 7 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· 2 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 ...
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...
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...