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Tag: Hispanic Heritage Month

  • Kintsugi
  • September 24, 2021

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with resources from the Gilder Lehrman Institute

A New Hamilton Cast Read Along en Español In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we are pleased to release our first Hamilton Cast Read Along entirely in Spanish. Rick Negron, who plays Ki

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 9, 2020October 9, 2020

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

October 5, 2020 by Naomi Coquillon For Hispanic Heritage Month, we are highlighting a few activities and interactive presentations that kids and families can do to honor the cultures

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

National Hispanic Heritage Month

The ways Hispanics describe their identity varies across immigrant generations For National Hispanic Heritage Month, we [Pew Research Center] looked at the terms Hispanics in the United States

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 24, 2020

Hispanic Heritage Month Starts Today

Today (9/15/20) marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month and with less than two months until Election Day, attention is on Latino voters. One study found that Latinos will be the larges

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Betty Bowers

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Pentatonix

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Billy Porter

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Pati Jinich

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Samara Joy

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Delta Blues Wisdom

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Jon Batiste

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