Salomón R. Baldenegro is considered a legend in the local Chicano movement—and luckily, he’s still around to set the record straight about what happened on Aug. 15, 1970, when a group of Chicano ...

Armando Vazquez-Ramos, the founder and leader of the Chicano movement in Long Beach, was described as a leader, trailblazer, mentor, inspiration and aspiration by many who knew him during a ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — “If you could describe this exhibit in one word, what would that word be?” I asked. “I would say resilience,” said Valerie Jaimes, Executive Director of the Chicano Park Museum and ...

Día de los Muertos is an important holiday for Mexicans and Mexican-Americans. While the holiday is celebrated around Latin America, and by people all over the world, the celebration is most closely ...

The Library of Congress has acquired a gold mine of resources that document the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles. The cultural institution in Washington, D.C., now has a collection from activist and ...

Decades after a pivotal moment in Chicano history, the Latino Theater Company is reaching back to the height of resistance movements in Los Angeles. “August 29,” a play set in 1990, centers on a young ...

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BEAVERTON, Ore. (KOIN) — At the end of a school day at Beaverton High, a group of students gather and begin shaking cans of spray paint. They’re here at the bi-weekly, no-credit class to learn how to ...