Happy birthday to Major League Baseball outfielder Ruben Sierra, born on October 6, 1965 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. His life had a rough start; his father was killed in a car accident when Sierra was 4, and his mother worked as a janitor to support her family. He signed with the Texas Rangers when… Continue reading Happy Birthday to Ruben Sierra
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Passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
With the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, the US Congress placed a limitation on the number of immigrants allowed in from the Western Hemisphere, for the first time in our history. This Act abolished the national origins quota system that had ruled US immigration policy since the 1920s, replacing it with… Continue reading Passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Latinx Activists at Bloody Sunday 1965
On March 7, 1965, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and freedom fighters across the US rallied in Selma, Alabama, to march for civil rights, open and fair voter registration, and an end to segregation. The day became “Bloody Sunday” as the 600 civil rights marchers were attacked by state and local police with… Continue reading Latinx Activists at Bloody Sunday 1965