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Latino Americans

Latino Americans

"Latino Americans" is the first major documentary series for television to chronicle the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have helped shape North America over the last 500-plus years and have become, with more than 50 million people, the largest minority group in the U.S.

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Guy Gabaldon
6:35
Guy Gabaldon
Guy Gabaldon was a Mexican-American U.S. Marine who captured 1500 Japanese during WWII
Herman Badillo
6:54
Herman Badillo
Herman Badillo was the first Puerto Rican to be elected to U.S. Representative.
Eligio Pena
2:38
Eligio Pena
An immigrant from the Dominican Republic who fled the civil war and settled in New York
Puerto Rican Youth and West Side Story
6:29
Puerto Rican Youth and West Side Story
Race and Ethnicity increasingly became a source of conflict for Puerto Ricans in New York.
Puerto Rico to New York
0:00
Puerto Rico to New York
In the early years of the great depression New York offered a way out for Puerto Ricans
G.I. Forum
4:27
G.I. Forum
Garcia's friendship with LBJ helped Kennedy carry Texas with his Viva Kennedy clubs.
Immigration and Education
6:16
Immigration and Education
Education of Latino Youth should be the concern of all Americans.
Immigration Demonstrations of 2006
3:44
Immigration Demonstrations of 2006
If HR4437 passed the senate 12 million undocumented immigrants would have been 'felons'
El Dorado
5:17
El Dorado
The Capo family starts their own furniture business in Little Havana, Miami
Gustavo Perez Firmat
3:57
Gustavo Perez Firmat
Gustavo Perez Firmat left Cuba in 1960 at age 11.
Carlos Vaquerano
11:04
Carlos Vaquerano
By the late 1970s Central America became a battleground of the cold war.
Spanish American War
4:21
Spanish American War
In 1898 the U.S. declares war on Spain after a blast destroys the battleship, USS Maine
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