Happy Birthday to folklore scholar, poet, author, professor and historian Américo Paredes, born on September 3, 1915 in Brownsville, Texas. Paredes’ life was a bridge between the two worlds of the neighboring borderlands of the US and Mexico. For over 30 years, he was a professor of English and anthropology at the University of Texas… Continue reading Américo Paredes, Scholar, Poet, and Historian 1915
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Adjutant General Luis R. Esteves, US Military Academy at West Point
On June 19, 1915, Luis R. Esteves was the first Latino to graduate from the US Military Academy at West Point. Esteves was born in Puerto Rico in 1893. During World War I, he served in Puerto Rico, training officers for service. In 1919, he organized the first Puerto Rican National Guard, and commanded its… Continue reading Adjutant General Luis R. Esteves, US Military Academy at West Point
Antonio Rudolph Oaxaca Quinn, Academy Award Winner
April 21, 1915 is the birthday of Antonio Rudolph Oaxaca Quinn, the son of freedom fighters in the Mexican Revolution. Later known as the Academy Award winning actor, Anthony Quinn, he was literally conceived in a battlefield. His mother’s field officer ordered the heroic pregnant soldier to return to Chihuahua, Mexico by train when he… Continue reading Antonio Rudolph Oaxaca Quinn, Academy Award Winner