JKM Library: Latine and Latin American Heritage Month: Online Resources

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Pittsburgh Resources

Casa San Jose: Latino Resource & Welcome Center
Casa San Jose is a community resource center, which coordinates actions and serves as a support base for Latinos who have recently arrived in and around Pittsburgh.
Latino Community Center
The Latino Community Center of Allegheny County offers programming and services to the local Latinx communities. Their mission is to "empower, advocate with, and celebrate Latinos in Allegheny County." Their vision is "a community in which all Latinos are valued and have equal and equitable access to the resources needed to thrive."
Latin American Cultural Union
"Our Mission is to promote Latin American and Caribbean cultures, arts, histories, and values in the Greater Pittsburgh Area through a collaborative platform that offers consulting and collaborative solutions from subject experts in the arts, educational, and other sorts of community programming for all communities and organizations the area."
Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
"The Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (PMAHCC) is the principal regional advocate for the Hispanic business community’s civic and economic interests. It is our mission is to develop, promote and advocate on behalf of Hispanic businesses & professionals in the Pittsburgh region, while encouraging the advancement and economic growth of Pittsburgh’s Hispanic community. The PMAHCC is a member of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC)."
University of Pittsburgh Center for Latin American Studies
"The mission of CLAS is to promote global understanding through support for teaching, learning, & research in and on Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diverse diasporic communities of Latin American and Caribbean origin. CLAS provides faculty with the resources and intellectual environment to realize cutting-edge research, and students with unequaled educational experience and a solid path to a successful career. Through its community engagement programs, the center shares its resources regionally, nationally, & internationally."

Music

Podcasts

Latinx On The Rise is a podcast focusing on conversations with high achieving Latinx movers and shakers. Under the current political climate, the Latinx community continue to be relegated by being told what and who they are with little space to share perspective of our own stories. From queer identity to Afro-Latinidad we are constantly reminded there is little room for our stories to reach the masses. Latinx On The Rise has changed that landscape with representation of all kinds of Latinx- Americans across the country who are excited to share their achievements and hope to inspire listeners.

Locatora Radio is an independent podcast based out of Los Angeles that blends humor, pop culture analysis, and interviews with artists to encourage listeners in nuanced discussions about feminism, sexual wellness, and arts and culture for a modern Latinx audience.

Denea Joseph is an undocumented Black DACA recipient and national immigrant rights, activist. Joseph immigrated from Belize to the United States when she was 7 years old and often speaks about her experience as an undocumented Black Latina. The Undocumented Black Girl podcast offers a much-needed voice in conversations about immigration and race.

Alt.Latino is a spotlight on the world of Latinx arts and culture through music, stories and conversation.

Humor, commentary and analysis of Latinx and Latin American politics and culture.

Online Resources

"7 facts for National Hispanic Heritage Month" from Pew Research Center
Here are some key facts about the nation’s Latino population by age, geography and origin groups.
"American Latino Heritage" from National Park Service
Resources concerning American Latinx heritage in terms of places, people, teaching resources, and much more!
"Hispanic Heritage Month 2020" from the United States Census Bureau
Facts about the Latinx population in the US from the Census Bureau.
Afro-Latin@ Forum
The afrolatin@ forum raises awareness of Latinxs of African descent in the United States and provides a series of resources about AfroLatinxs and Afro-Latin Americans.
Afro-Latino: A deeply rooted identity among U.S. Hispanics
Survey and analysis of Afro-Latinx identification in the United States by the Pew Research Center.
Casa Dolores: Center for the Study of the Popular Arts of Mexico
Casa Dolores, is a small museum that houses one of the largest collections of Mexican folk art on the Californian Central Coast. This museum is located in the historic Botiller Adobe (est. 1843), the only original, still standing two-story adobe in the city. Every corner of the home, including the tin art gallery tucked away in the bathroom, is adorned with Mexican folk art.
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry
Cheech Marin has developed the finest private collection of Chicano art in the United States. Much of it formed the core of his blockbuster exhibition, Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge, which broke attendance records during its groundbreaking 12-city tour during 2001–2007 to major art museums across the U.S. The Riverside Art Museum and the City of Riverside are honored to provide a permanent home for this world-renowned collection.
El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (The Royal Road to the Interior) was the official road from Spain bringing the first colonists to the region beginning in 1598, 22 years before the Mayflower. This emigrant trail brought thousands of Spanish and Mexican colonists to New Mexico until the arrival of the railroad in the late 1800s. Our museum contains award winning exhibits and artifacts presenting the history and heritage of this famous trail, life in Mexico and New Mexico during the 1600s colonial era, and the unique history that formed the American Southwest.
El Museo del Barrio
New York’s leading Latino cultural institution, welcomes visitors of all backgrounds to discover the artistic landscape of Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American cultures. Their richness is represented in El Museo’s wide-ranging collections and exhibitions, complemented by film, literary, visual and performing arts series, cultural celebrations, and educational programs.
El Museo Latino
In conjunction with the exhibits, El Museo Latino develops educational programs that include lectures, presentations, films, art classes, workshops, demonstrations, art history classes, gallery talks, guided visits, and dance classes. Some of the programs are age specific for K-12, some for post-secondary students, and others are for an adult audience. In addition, El Museo Latino is a resource and a center for Latino studies in the Midwest.
Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino
The Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino strives to create a museum in our nation’s capital to educate, inspire and encourage respect and understanding of the richness and diversity of the American Latino experience within the U.S. and its territories. By highlighting the contributions made by Latino icons, pioneers and communities to the American way of life we are all better able to truly understand what makes our nation great.
The Harwood Museum of Art
In the early part of the 20th Century, many artists were drawn to the Taos area to pursue a new, truly American art devoid of industrial influence, inspired instead by New Mexico's landscape and light and the traditional Native American and Hispanic cultures of the region. The Harwood Museum collection brings to the public a unique record of this artistic convergence from its beginnings to the present day.
The Hispanic Museum & Library
A free museum and reference library for the study of the arts and cultures of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
The History of Racist Violence in the United States: Resources from the American Historical Association
Compiled by the American Historical Association as a response to the increase of racial violence in the US. This is a list of educational, academic, and news resources on the history of racist violence. From the website: "Teachers can use them in classrooms to help students understand the history of the present; journalists can draw on them to provide historical context for current events; researchers can draw on them to inform future scholarship. Due to the nature of this history, many of the resources contain references to violence and assault."
Latinx Project
The Latinx Project explores and promotes U.S. Latinx Art, Culture and Scholarship through creative and interdisciplinary programs. Founded in 2018, it serves as a platform to foster critical public programming and for hosting artists and scholars.
National Hispanic Cultural Center
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and advancement of Hispanic culture, arts, and humanities. The Center presents over 700 events and creates the opportunity for thousands more through its art museum, library, genealogy center, and educational resources. The NHCC is a division of the State of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs and is further supported by the National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization.
National Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic American Heritage Month. The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society.
National Museum of Mexican Art
In 1982, Carlos Tortolero organized a group of fellow educators and founded the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, which opened its doors in 1987. The goal was to establish an arts and cultural organization committed to accessibility, education and social justice. The museum also provided a positive influence for the local Mexican community, especially since many other art institutions did not address Mexican art.
National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture (NMPRAC) is devoted to the promotion, integration and advancement of Puerto Rican arts and culture, presenting exhibitions and programming created to enhance the visibility and importance of the rich Puerto Rican arts tradition.
Ruth Snowdon Collection
The Ruth Snowdon Photographs document Ms. Snowdon's travels to the Yucatan in 1936 and 1937. While living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ruth developed an avid interest in the history, anthropology, and archaeology of Central and South America, with particular emphasis on Maya civilization. She traveled to archaeological sites in the Yucatan and stayed informed of excavations and discoveries through research and correspondence with historians and archaeologists in the field. Ruth was particularly interested in the archaeological site of Tikal in Guatemala, generously contributing to the Tikal Project conducted by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.
Smithsonian Latino Center
The Smithsonian Latino Center is the corazón of Latinidad at the Smithsonian. It works toward preserving Latino history and culture, engaging Latino communities, and advancing Latino representation in the United States. Since 1997, SLC has successfully ensured that the contributions of the Latino community are celebrated and represented throughout the Smithsonian.

Video Resources

Retina Latina
Retina Latina provides free access to numerous Latin American films, of all types of genre, from horror to drama.
PBS: HIspanic Heritage Month
PBS-produced films about the Latinx heritage experience.
Black in Latin America
A four-part documentary series on the influence of African descent on Latin America, is the 11th and latest production from renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., writer and presenter of the acclaimed PBS series African American Lives 1 (2006), Oprah’s Roots (2007), African American Lives 2 (2008), Looking for Lincoln (2009) and most recently Faces of America (2010).
The Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library
The Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL) is the first major digital video library of performance practices in the Americas. Created in 2005 in partnership with NYU Libraries, and with the inaugural support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, HIDVL began as an effort to preserve political performance works from the Americas, making these cultural documents available worldwide. This growing repository guarantees historical preservation and free access to over 1000 hours of documentation.