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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Business Reference project This Month in Business History has three new entries that feature United Farm Workers, César Chávez, and Dolores Huerta.
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Hispanic American History
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
During the holiday season there are many diverse traditions. One food that is traditional in many Latine households is tamales, prepared at a tamalada, or tamale making party. Tamales are a Mesoamerican dish made with nixtimalized cornmeal dough—masa—steamed in a cornmeal husk, or banana leaf, and seasoned with cheese, beans, meats, and other flavors.
Posted in: Cookbooks and Food, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Hispanic American History
Posted by: Nate Smith
Library of Congress Intern Brian Jimenez examines how Ancient Maya heavily incorporated plants into their society and assigned them different roles.
Posted in: Botany, Cookbooks and Food, Hispanic American History, Native American History
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Discover sources for researching Hispanic American business trends.
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Hispanic American History
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Explore Mexican American contributions to the U.S. economy using collections from the Occupational Folklife Project (OFP), the related individual worker reflections celebrated in the new America Works podcast, and the StoryCorps project, which has its archive at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Hispanic American History