This 1978 TV Ad for a Republican Senator Featuring a Corrido Changed Everything for Latino Voters

Andrew S. Vargas — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:04:27 +0000

As election day approaches, we find ourselves on the verge of knowing if the “sleeping giant” of the Latino vote has at last been roused from apathy. But the project behind our slowly emerging electoral identity is one that actually goes back generations, to the presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy and, on a smaller

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5 Facts From ‘Willie Velasquez: Your Voice is Your Vote’ Doc That Will Have You Running to the Polls

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 20:17:26 +0000

For decades Latinos in America had no political power. That’s the line with which Hector Galán opens his documentary on Willie Velasquez, one of the greatest advocates for US Latino voter registration of the 20th century. Tracing his rise from a butcher’s son to an admired political activist, Willie Velasquez – Your Vote is Your Voice is

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