Providencia Paredes – the woman behind Jackie Kennedy – dies at 90
Providencia Paredes – the woman behind Jackie Kennedy – dies at 90
*From the article: “From 1959 to 1965, Paredes was the woman behind Jackie Kennedy, tracking her engagements and taking her phone calls. She coordinated with designers and chose her clothes. […]
Remembering JFK; Latinos recall a relationship cut short
By Suzanne Gamboa, NBCLatino Al Maldonado has been planning since last year to bring back together people who were at the Rice Hotel the night before John F. Kennedy was killed. […]
Latinos recall the hope they lost when Kennedy was killed
By Mercedes Olivera, Dallas Morning News Leanor Villareal remembers it was a glorious sunny day that November when President John. F. Kennedy came to Dallas. She was working in accounting at Neiman Marcus, and […]
Mexican-American Vets Ignited Kennedy’s Latino Support
By Karen Grigsby Bates, NPR On the evening of Nov. 21, 1963, President John F. Kennedy, his wife Jacqueline, Vice President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, walked through […]
JFK’s Civil Rights Legacy- 50 Years of Myth and Fact
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media There’s been as much myth as fact regarding John F. Kennedy’s civil rights legacy in the more than fifty years before, during and especially […]
JFK’s last night: The Kennedy mystique and Latino power
By Tony Castro, Voxxi Estoy muy contenta de estar en el gran estado de Texas y estar con ustedes que forman parte de la noble tradición española que tanto ha […]
Latinos await 50th anniversary of Kennedy assassination
By Tony Castro, Voxxi In the wake of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Latinos in America are gearing up for what to many […]
Latino, Black communities treasure image of JFK
By Christina Rosales and Selwin Crawford, Dallas Morning News Deeply divided by culture and language, blacks and Hispanics in the early 1960s often were at odds in their struggle for […]
Sotomayor to be 1st Latina to swear in a president or VP
By Richard Dunham, Houston Chronicle Click on picture to read story. [Photo Courtesy Supreme Court of U.S.]
JFK 1st to Acknowledge Latino Vote Hours Before Being Killed
By Jorge Rivas, Colorlines [Photo screenshot from Colorlines video] Click on photo to read story.