The Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento Law Foundation is hosting a virtual speaking event on May 19, 2021, on the topic of “the long-hidden WWII program of kidnapping, indefinite incarceration, and hostage exchange of Japanese Latin Americans. Over 2,200 immigrant … Continue Reading »

The University of the West Indies’ Seismic Research Center is the official source of information for earthquakes and volcanoes in the English-speaking Eastern Caribbean. In addition to sharing live updates about seismic activity on their social media accounts (like continuing coverage … Continue Reading »

Back in November of 2020, we shared a Washington Post article discussing the Afro-Mexican community descended from self-liberated enslaved Africans who escaped across the border, whose contemporary ancestors were looking to migrate north again in search of better paying jobs. … Continue Reading »

Many fans of Spanish language podcasts may be familiar with Martina Castro, co-founder of NPR’s Radio Ambulante. Martina is also involved with another podcast series, this one produced by the online language learning app of Duolingo. Duolingo’s Spanish podcast tells stories through easy-to-follow … Continue Reading »

TEDEd has a lesson on the Mirabal sisters, four young middle-class Dominican women of which three were active in different ways within the underground fight against dictator Raphael Trujillo’s regime, which ran from 1930 until his assassination in 1961. The three … Continue Reading »

Sunday marked three years since prominent Brazilian politician, sociologist, and activist Marielle Franco was assassinated in her home city of Rio de Janeiro. NowThis has a video on the life and influence of this changemaking Afro-Brazilian woman. The Ford Foundation also has a … Continue Reading »

Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has a series that can be used to introduce students to the lives of some notable Latinas, “as told by curators, scientists, and educators across the Smithsonian.” Highlighted Latinas include Celia Cruz, Sylvia Rivera, … Continue Reading »

Bunny Wailer, the last surviving member of the musical group The Wailers, died earlier this week at the age of 73. The group helped establish and popularize reggae music not only in their home country of Jamaica but also around the … Continue Reading »

Sunday February 21st marks 56 years since Malcolm X, one of the most notable figures of the US Civil Rights Movement, was assassinated. X, of Afro-Caribbean descent (his mother was Grenadian), was a Black Muslim minister and human rights activist who … Continue Reading »

Arturo Schomburg was an Afro-Puerto Rican man of Crucian descent who was part of the Harlem Renaissance. Schomburg was a writer, an activist (primarily for Puerto Rican and Cuban independence), and a historian who was appointed as curator of the … Continue Reading »