Cesar Chavez

Google Doodle Celebrating César Chávez Somehow Sparks Outrage

Google Doodle Celebrating César Chávez Somehow Sparks Outrage

By Latina Staff | 03/31/2013 - 14:42 | 0 Comments

Google hasn’t dedicated one of its doodles to Easter in 13 years and on past Easters, it’s featured people like German chemist Robert Bunsen instead of marking Christ’s resurrection. No one has ever complained.

So, what’s the big deal about the search giant’s celebration of Cesar Chavez’s 86th birthday (and the...

Inspiring Latina of the Week: Julie Chávez Rodríguez

Happy César Chávez Day! Q&A With His Granddaughter, Julie Chávez Rodríguez (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

By Viviana Hurtado | 03/29/2013 - 13:37 | 0 Comments

I met Julie Chávez Rodríguez inside the White House in what was once the room where a century ago the Secretary of War (now Defense) met to protect and preserve our country.

Today, as an associate director in the Office...

Director Diego Luna behind the camera
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'Chavez' Makes Something Out of Nothing in Mexico

By Latina Staff | 06/21/2012 - 11:22 | 0 Comments

By ETOnline

While the subject matter of the upcoming film Chavez reflects the struggle of farm workers in America, the cast and crew have to face their own challenges in making this epic biopic.

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Richard Chavez

Richard Chavez: From Carpenter to Civil Rights Leader

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 07/29/2011 - 12:30 | 0 Comments

Richard Chavez was a carpenter who helped build a movement.

While Cesar Chavez was the face of the struggle to gain fair wages and treatment for California farmworkers, his brother Richard, who died Wednesday at 81 after complications from surgery, was crucial in helping build the United Farmworkers union, both physically and...

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Latino Honors: Who The U.S. Government Should Recognize Now

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 06/06/2011 - 16:00 | 0 Comments

Nationally syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette recently wrote a piece asking why the U.S. keeps naming things like streets and more recently, a Navy ship, after...

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Interview with an Icon: Dolores Huerta on Cesar Chavez

By Angie Romero | 09/02/2010 - 12:00 | 1 Comment

As the President of The Dolores Huerta Foundation and Co-founder of United Farm Workers of America along with Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta is a living legend. She is treasured by the Latino community, but she is also internationally recognized for her role in promoting social justice. We chatted with her...

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Latina Hollywood Report: America Ferrera’s #1 and Jennifer Lopez is Going 'Overboard'

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 03/30/2010 - 10:30 | 1 Comment

Proving (as if we needed proof) that the appetite for 3-D flicks is pretty much bottomless at this point, How to Train Your Dragon captured most of the box office dollars last weekend, followed closely by Alice in Wonderland. Coming...

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Texas Board of Ed. Votes to Rewrite History, Whitewash Textbooks

By Mariela Rosario | 03/16/2010 - 15:30 | 16 Comments

Last Friday, the Texas Board of Education—stacked with socially conservative Republicans by Governor Rick Perry—approved a new social studies curriculum that would essentially rewrite history in favor of a right-leaning political agenda.

After the vote, Mavis B. Knight, a Democrat from Dallas told the...

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