Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15 - October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. First authorized as a "week" in 1968, Congress extended the celebration to a month beginning 1988.

Local activities and television:

• Hinckley Library will showcase items from Spanish-speaking countries and Latino cultures of the U.S. (beginning September 25)
• A film on Hispanics in Wyoming, sponsored by the Northwest College Spanish Club (October 9, 7:00 p.m., FAB 70)
  
• PBS Visiones: Latino Art & Culture (September 24, 3:00 a.m., KRMA of Denver)
  
• PBS Los Braceros--Strong Arms to Aid the U.S.A. (September 26, 9:30 p.m., KRMA of Denver)

Select Web Resources:

• Gale - Free Resources - Hispanic Heritage
• US Census Press Releases: Hispanic Heritage Month
• We the People: Hispanics in the United States (PDF, 2000 Census Special Report)
  
• Hispanic Reading Room (Library of Congress)
• National Park Service: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2006
• CRM Online (Cultural Resource Management): Exploring Hispanic History and Culture--A Dynamic Field
• Impacto, Influencia, Cambio (everyday people of Latin America and the southwestern US who have affected science and technology)
• PEW Hispanic Center
• REACH: Recursos Para la Enseñanza y el Aprendizaje de las Culturas Hispanas
  
• NARA: Genealogists/Family Historians - Hispanic Americans
• The History Channel: ¡Hispanic Heritage Month!

(Image courtesy of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.)