Latino/Latina/Latinx
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Scope Note: The LC authorized form conflates Hispanic with Latino/a; these have distinct meanings. For more information, see https://remezcla.com/features/culture/latino-vs-hispanic-vs-latinx-how-these-words-originated/
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Arturo Griffiths interview, 2020-07-28
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc027_02.wav
Abstract
Arturo Griffiths tells the story of how he got involved as a Latino immigrant teenager in the very first D.C. Latino Festivals held in Adams Morgan. He tells the story of various presidents, many of whom were elected before he was elected President in 1987. Griffiths, together with his committee, organized the last D.C. Latino Festival to b e held in the Adams Morgan neighborhood. In 1989 Griffiths took the Festival “downtown” – to the grounds of the Washington Monument. He tells the story...
Dates:
2020-07-28
Series 27: History of the First Latin American Festival on the Mall: 1989-1990, 2020
Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc027
Abstract
This project interviewed a group of people who were present during the 1989-1990 annual D.C. Latino Festival. It documents the first time the DC Latino immigrant community was given a permit to occupy a public space so sacred to national history- the national Mall and the Monument grounds. The project asked important research questions such as: 'why did the D.C. Latino community decide to move the parade to Constitution Avenue NW and the festival to the National Mall and what impact did that...
Dates:
2020