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Saca Tu Bandera: a History of Latino Symbols in the Elgin Area
Saca Tu Bandera: a History of Latino Symbols in the Elgin Area On May 27, 2023, a South Elgin High School administrator refused to allow a student wear a Latinx-themed scholarship stole as she walked across the stage during the…
Latinx History in Unexpected Places
Latinx History in Unexpected Places by Antonio Ramirez In April 1972, a young Mexican American woman in Aurora, Illinois made history. That month, twenty-eight-year-old Maria Margarita Decker won election to the Kane County Board. She was likely the first Latinx…
In 1967, One of Elgin’s Earliest Latinx Organizations was Founded
In 1967, One of Elgin’s Earliest Latinx Organizations was Founded The Latin American Civic Organization was one of Elgin’s first Latino-run organizations. It was founded after an incident between Elgin police and three Latina women in downtown Elgin in 1967.…
Over the Last 40 Years, Latinxs Have Taken Over Chicago’s Suburbs
Over the Last 40 Years, Latinxs Have Taken Over Chicago’s Suburbs Latinxs have taken over many of Chicago’s biggest suburbs. In the past few decades, cities like Aurora, Elgin, Waukegan, and Joliet have become majority or near-majority Latino. Since 1980,…
Saca Tu Bandera: a History of Latino Symbols in the Elgin Area
Saca Tu Bandera: a History of Latino Symbols in the Elgin Area On May 27, 2023, a South Elgin High School administrator refused to allow a student wear a Latinx-themed scholarship stole as she walked across the stage during the…
In 1967, One of Elgin’s Earliest Latinx Organizations was Founded
In 1967, One of Elgin’s Earliest Latinx Organizations was Founded The Latin American Civic Organization was one of Elgin’s first Latino-run organizations. It was founded after an incident between Elgin police and three Latina women in downtown Elgin in 1967.…
Over the Last 40 Years, Latinxs Have Taken Over Chicago’s Suburbs
Over the Last 40 Years, Latinxs Have Taken Over Chicago’s Suburbs Latinxs have taken over many of Chicago’s biggest suburbs. In the past few decades, cities like Aurora, Elgin, Waukegan, and Joliet have become majority or near-majority Latino. Since 1980,…
Hada Matías
Hada Matías Interviewed June 21, 2023 Hada Matías was born in Dover, New Jersey and grew up in Elgin, Illinois. In this interview, she examines her family’s Puerto Rican heritage and her own racial identity. She shares insights into her…
Ramon Angel Campos
San Luis Potosí, 1958 Ramon Angel Campos Radio Personality, Musician, Comedian – Interviewed By Anthony Villanueva, 2022 Ramon Angel Campos was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico in 1942. As a young man, he traveled across Mexico and Central America…
Saca Tu Bandera: a History of Latino Symbols in the Elgin Area
Saca Tu Bandera: a History of Latino Symbols in the Elgin Area On May 27, 2023, a South Elgin High School administrator refused to allow a student wear a Latinx-themed scholarship stole as she walked across the stage during the…
Latinx History in Unexpected Places
Latinx History in Unexpected Places by Antonio Ramirez In April 1972, a young Mexican American woman in Aurora, Illinois made history. That month, twenty-eight-year-old Maria Margarita Decker won election to the Kane County Board. She was likely the first Latinx…
Aracely García
Aracely García Factory worker and Salvadoran immigrant, interviewed 2018 In this clip, Aracely García describes in Spanish how she lived in San Salvador, El Salvador, and worked as an assembler at a U.S. multinational corporation, Texas Instruments. The 1970s and early 1980s were a period of…
Saca Tu Bandera: a History of Latino Symbols in the Elgin Area
Saca Tu Bandera: a History of Latino Symbols in the Elgin Area On May 27, 2023, a South Elgin High School administrator refused to allow a student wear a Latinx-themed scholarship stole as she walked across the stage during the…
Latinx History in Unexpected Places
Latinx History in Unexpected Places by Antonio Ramirez In April 1972, a young Mexican American woman in Aurora, Illinois made history. That month, twenty-eight-year-old Maria Margarita Decker won election to the Kane County Board. She was likely the first Latinx…
Over the Last 40 Years, Latinxs Have Taken Over Chicago’s Suburbs
Over the Last 40 Years, Latinxs Have Taken Over Chicago’s Suburbs Latinxs have taken over many of Chicago’s biggest suburbs. In the past few decades, cities like Aurora, Elgin, Waukegan, and Joliet have become majority or near-majority Latino. Since 1980,…