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History Lesson: The Latino Voting Bloc First Acknowledged by JFK

By Samantha Leal | 11/26/2012 - 17:32 | 0 Comments

This election wasn't the only one that had politicians acknowledging the power of the Latino vote. Did you know President John F. Kennedy was one of the first to acknowledge Latinos as an important voting bloc? It's true. 

It was November 21, 1963. President JFK was supposed to stop by and say hello to a group of Mexican-American civil rights...