Hispanic Heritage Month Resources

Reports & News Articles 

• A History of anti-Hispanic Bigotry in the United States
• Latinx Files: What to Make of Hispanic Heritage Month?
• The Underrepresentation of Latinx Faculty and the Future of Higher Education
• The debate over language:
• For Most Latinos, Latinx Does Not Mark the Spot
• Digging Into the Messy History of “Latinx” Helped Me Embrace My Complex Identity
• Latino, Hispanic, Latinx, Chicano: The History Behind the Terms
• I Ain’t White: Confessions of a Mixed-Race Xicana

Articles

• COVID-19 Pandemic: Disparate Health Impact on the Hispanic/Latinx Population in the United States 
• Hispanic Identity and Its Inclusion in the Race Discrimination Discourse in the United States
• State-level immigration and immigrant-focused policies as drivers of Latino health disparities in the United States

Books (non-fiction)

• Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity by Paola Ramos
• For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez
• Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and Culture by Ed Morales
• Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States by Felipe Fernández-Armesto
• Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas by Roberto Lovato
• ¡Hola Papi! by JP Brammer
• The Sense of Brown by José Esteban Muñoz
• Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz
• Undocumented by Dan-el Padilla Peralta
• Woman Who Glows in the Dark: A Curandera Reveals Traditional Aztec Secrets of Physical and Spiritual Health by Elena Avila
• From the Jaws of Victory by Matthew Garcia
• Beyond the Fields by Randy Shaw
• An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz

Short Videos

• NYT Op-Docs: A Conversation with Latinos on Race (6.5 mins)
• Why does Hispanic Heritage Month start on Sept. 15? (1 min)

Social Media Accounts to Follow

Twitter

• Hispanic Research Center
• PewResearch Hispanic
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
• UnidosUS
• Maria Hinojosa
• Latino Rebels
• Suzanne Gamboa

Instagram

• Hispanic Heritage Foundation
• Latina
• 5 Instagram Accounts Celebrating Hispanic Heritage

Trainings

• Esperanza United Webinar Archive

Events and Things to Do in NYC

• The Hispanic Museum and Library
• https://www.nbcnewyork.com/our-voices/how-to-celebrate-hispanic-heritage...
• https://www.nypl.org/spotlight/national-hispanic-heritage-month
• https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/hispanic-heritage-month
• https://www.newyorklatinculture.com/culture/festivals/fall/hispanic-heri...