LATINOPIA DOCUMENTS: PRESIDENT OBAMA’S IMMIGRATION SPEECH 1.29.13
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View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT – 1969 EL PLAN DE AZTLÁN
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View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT – THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO
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View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT PRESIDENT OBAMA ON CUBA U.S. RELATIONS DEC. 18, 2914
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View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT PRESIDENT OBAMA’S 2014 EXECUTIVE ACTION ON IMMIGRATION
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View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT CONSTITUTION OF PUERTO RICO
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View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT BETANCE’S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF FREE MEN
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View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT LULAC CONSTITUTION
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View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT PRESIDENT OBAMA ON CUBA U.S. RELATIONS DEC. 18, 2914
CHARTING A NEW COURSE ON CUBA. CONTEXT: On Thursday, December 18, 2014, President Barack Obama announced a sea change in the United States fifty-year policy on Cuban/U.S. relations. Since the...
View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT CONSTITUTION OF PUERTO RICO
CONTEXT: When Spanish explorers encountered Puerto Rico in 1493 they claimed it for the Spanish crown. Puerto Rico remained under Spanish rule for four hundred years until 1898 when the United States...
View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT PRESIDENT OBAMA’S 2014 EXECUTIVE ACTION ON IMMIGRATION
CONTEXT: ON NOVEMBER 20, 2014 PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DELIVERED A SPEECH ON NATIONAL TELEVISION OUTLINING EXECUTIVE ACTION THAT HE WAS TAKING TO FIX WHAT IS CONSIDERED A BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM....
View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT BETANCE’S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF FREE MEN
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF FREE MEN CONTEXT: The island of Puerto Rico was claimed by Spanish explorers in 1493. It remained under Spanish rule until 1898, when the United States defeated Spain in the...
View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT – THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO
TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO, 1848 CONTEXT: On December , 1845, the Republic of Texas was admitted to the United States of America as the 28th state. But there was a dispute as to the boundary lines...
View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT LULAC CONSTITUTION
CONTEXT: In 1929, three Mexican Americans organizations in Texas, the Sons of America, the Knights of America and United Latin American Citizens merged to create the oldest national Latino civil rights...
View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT: SOÑIA SOTOMAYOR AT U.S. SENATE CONFIRMATION FOR U.S....
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View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT CHICANO BLUEPRINT FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS
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View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT – 1969 EL PLAN DE AZTLÁN
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View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT EL PLAN DE SANTA BÁRBARA
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View ArticleLATINOPIA DOCUMENT APPU PROFESSORS LETTER TO HON. RAUL GRIJALVA
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