Eliseo Medina, left and Dolores Huerta at a 1971 march in Chicago.
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Latino history will be in the spotlight as part of free public events organized by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 Center for Arkansas History and Culture and partner organizations.
鈥淟atino Americans: 500 Years of History,鈥� a special project of the Center for Arkansas History and Culture, will use documentary films and community discussions to explore the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos who helped shape the United States.
The program is centered on聽 鈥� a six-episode award-winning documentary that chronicles Latinos in the U.S. from the 16th century to the present day.
Chelsea Halstead
As part of the project, members of the public are invited to screenings of the documentary as well as community discussions led by Chelsea Halstead and 糖心Vlog传媒LR-affiliated speakers. Halstead heads the Family Advocacy Program at the Colibr铆 Center for Human Rights, an organization working to end migrant death and related suffering on the U.S.-Mexico border.
The activities kick off during National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15-Oct. 15 this year. Registration is open now.
In addition to Halstead鈥檚 discussion of the human rights crisis on the Mexico border, community conversation topics will include: expansionism, Manifest Destiny, the Wild West, multiple wars (Mexican-American, Spanish-American and World War II), the rise of organized labor, the Great Depression, the post World War II boom, the Cold War, the Civil Rights movement, globalization, and the effects of technology.
Scheduled activities include:
2 p.m. Nov. 15, at the Arkansas Arts Center: Screening and community conversation, including the presentation of the fifth episode of 鈥淟atino Americans,鈥� 鈥淧rejudice and Pride (1965-1980)鈥�; community discussion will be led by doctoral candidate and visiting assistant professor Edma Delgado-Sol贸rzano of the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Department of International and Second Language Studies
2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, at the Arkansas Arts Center: Screening of 鈥淧eril and Promise (1980-2000),鈥� the sixth and final installment of 鈥淟atino Americans鈥�
Past activities included:
6:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History: Film screening of 鈥淲ar and Peace (1942-1954),鈥� the third installment of the six-part documentary 鈥淟atino Americans鈥�
Noon Sept. 23 at Sturgis Hall, Clinton School of Public Service: Community discussion: 鈥淭he human rights crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border,鈥� led by Chelsea Halstead of Colibr铆 Center for Human Rights
6 p.m. Oct. 1 at 糖心Vlog传媒LR Student Services Center Auditorium: Film screening of 聽鈥溾��
2 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Arkansas Arts Center: Community discussion and screening of 鈥淔oreigners in their Own Land (1565-1880),鈥� the first episode from the documentary 鈥淟atino Americans鈥�; Dr. Kristin Dutcher Mann, 糖心Vlog传媒LR associate professor of history and social studies education coordinator will lead the discussion
2 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Arkansas Arts Center: Screening of 鈥淓mpire of Dreams (1880-1942),鈥� the second episode from the 鈥淟atino Americans鈥� documentary
2 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Arkansas Arts Center: Screening of 鈥淲ar and Peace (1942-1954),鈥� the third installment in the six-part 鈥淟atino Americans鈥� documentary
2 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Arkansas Arts Center: Screening of 鈥淭he New Latinos (1946-1965),鈥� the fourth episode of 鈥淟atino Americans鈥�
Latino Americans: 500 Years of History, a public programming initiative produced by the (NEH) and the (ALA), is part of an NEH initiative, 鈥淭he Common Good: The Humanities in the Public Square.鈥�
糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Department of International and Second Language Studies and its Office of Campus Life, as well as the and the , also partnered with the Center for Arkansas History and Culture.
Visit /cahc/la500 for more information about the project.
