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Celebrating Cinco de Mayo, A.K.A. El Día de la Batalla de Puebla

May 5, 2018 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

Today is May 5th, Cinco de Mayo, which will be celebrated throughout the country as some sort of universal Latino holiday. The revelry started last Friday in many cities, with the mistaken thought that they are celebrating Mexican Independence Day. There are parties and festivals and awards and happy hours and special dishes and discounts […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, From the Editors Tagged With: Cinco de Mayo, history, holidays, Sandra Fernandez

Houston’s Huelga Schools

September 14, 2013 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

Houstonians, and everyone else, can learn more about Houston’s Huelga Schools of the 1970s thanks to the efforts of Jacob Tate, a student at Pin Oaks Middle School. Tate spent several months last school year creating a website about Huelga Schools as part of a project for a regional History fair. What are Huelga Schools?  When the Houston […]

Filed Under: Blog, Community, People & Profiles Tagged With: Hispanic Houston, history, Huelga Schools, Sandra Fernandez

Meet the archivist preserving Houston’s Hispanic history

September 9, 2013 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

In an attempt to expand the Houston Metropolitan Research Center’s Hispanic Collections (HMRC), the Houston Public Library (HPL) recently hired a Hispanic Collections Archivist. Miakela Garza Selley will lead and direct HMRC’s efforts in researching, acquiring, cataloging, digitizing, and preserving archival materials related to Hispanic cultures in Houston. What this means is that she is coordinating community outreach […]

Filed Under: Blog, People & Profiles Tagged With: Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanic Houston, history, Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library, Mikaela Selley, Sandra Fernandez

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