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What Happened: Hispanics, including mestizos, indigenous and Afro-descended people from the area known today as Mexico, explored North America almost a century before the British first founded Jamestown.

Why It Matters: Hispanics aren’t foreigners in this country. Latinos have deeper roots in North America than those with other European backgrounds.

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A group of spaniards and Afro Latinos setting out from colonial-era Mexico traveled into California and founded the city of Los Angeles.

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U.S. Extends Citizenship To Puerto Ricans In 1917

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U.S. Extends Citizenship To Puerto Ricans In 1917

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The United States extended citizenship to Puerto Ricans in 1917, as World War I raged on in Europe
Why It Matters: Puerto Ricans are American just like anyone born in the 50 states.

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Before Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 courts ruled it unconstitutional to segregate students of Mexican heritage into inferior schools. Sylvia Mendez, sued after being turned away from a “whites only” public school in California. This paved the way for Brown v. Board of Education and played a key role in making segregation in schools illegal.

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Following the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 Fidel Castro established a Communist government that remains in place today.  More than 1 million Cubans left the island as the revolution became more radical with most of them settling in Miami Florida.

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What Happened: In 1965, Filipino and Latino farmworker unions joined in a strike, and later a boycott of grapes in the Delano area of California to protest poor conditions.

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The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson

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Delano Grape Pickers Strike Of 1965 ends in 1970

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Delano Grape Pickers Strike Of 1965 ends in 1970

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The five-year campaign ultimately succeeded in forcing the grape producers to sign union contracts.

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Hispanic Heritage week gets extended to Hispanic Heritage Month!!

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Hispanic Heritage week gets extended to Hispanic Heritage Month!!

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Hispanic Heritage week is expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15 and ending on October 15.