el mes de la herencia hispana

15 de septiembre – 15 de octubre

• Celebrates and recognizes contributions Hispanic Americans have made to the American society and culture

• Began in 1968 for 1 week under the Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson

• 1988 under Ronald Reagan it was extended to 1 month

• Honors 5 Central American countries who celebrate their independence in September

• El 15 de septiembre es día de la independencia de: Guatemala, El Salvador,, Honduras, Nicaragua, y Costa Rica

• El 16 de septiembre – México

• El 18 de septiembre – Chile

• El día de La Raza / el día de la hispanidad – el 12 de octubre

• 1845 – half of Mexico including Texas, California, most of Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Colorado and Nevada was transferred to the USA

• Approximately 75,000 Hispanics stayed and became American citizens

1871

• Esteban Bellan was the first Latin-born player in the professional major leagues.

• The Troy Haymakers of Tryo, New York

1935

• Dennis Chávez - elected Senator of New Mexico and became the first Hispanic American to serve a complete term in the USA Senate.

1942• The U.S.A government

initiated the “bracero” (strong-arm) program allowing more than 4.5 million Mexican citizens to enter the U.S.A and work in the agricultural fields.

• The program lasted until 1964

• http://www.farmworkers.org/testmony.html

1950• José Ferrer – the first

Hispanic American to win an Oscar for best Actor for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac

1961

• Rita Moreno – first Hispanic to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in West Side Story

1968

• Luis Walter Alvarez – first Hispanic American to recieve the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discoveries about subatomic particles.

1990• Oscar Hijuelos – first

Hispanic American to win the Pulitzer (fiction) for his novel ‘The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love”

1998• Carlos Santana

– the first Hispanic American to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

2009

• Sonia Sotomayor – first Latina to be sworn in to the U.S.A Supreme Court.

supersticiones• Tocar madera• Cruzar los dedos • Evitar el numero 13 y a

los gatos negros • No te levantes con el pie

izquierdo • una pata de conejo en el

bolsillo • Romper un espejo te trae

10 años de mala suerte

• Derramar la sal – abundancia en peligro