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La Raza (other)
La Raza are the people of the Hispanic and Chicano world. La Raza may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * La Raza (newspaper), a Chicano newspaper based in Los Angeles *''La Raza (Chicago)'', a Spanish-language newspaper in Chicago published by ImpreMedia * ''La Raza'' (album), an album by Armored Saint * "La Raza" (song), a song by Kid Frost *" La Raza Cósmica", an essay by José Vasconcelos *KLAX-FM, a Spanish-language radio network in Los Angeles and San Francisco branded as "La Raza" * KGHD-LP, an FM radio station in Las Vegas, Nevada branded as "La Raza" *"La Raza", a filmmaking style by Zachary Laoutides Political and community organizations *Católicos por La Raza, a Chicano-Catholic organization *El Centro de la Raza, a community center in Seattle *Centro Cultural de la Raza, a cultural center in San Diego, California *Galería de la Raza, a San Francisco Bay Area art gallery *National Council of La Raza, a political advocacy group *La Raza Nation, a Chicago-based g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Raza
The Spanish expression ('the people' or 'the community'; literal translation: 'the race') has historically been used to refer to the Hispanophone populations (primarily though not always exclusively in the Western Hemisphere), considered as an ethnic or racial unit historically deriving from the Spanish Empire, and the process of racial intermixing of the Spanish colonizers with the indigenous populations Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ... of the Americas (some utilizations of the term include racial mixing with enslaved African people, Africans brought there by the Atlantic slave trade). The term was in wide use in Latin America in the early-to-mid-20th century, but has gradually been replaced by . It remains in active use specifically in the context of Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galería De La Raza
Galería de la Raza (GDLR) is a non-profit art gallery and artist collective founded in 1970, that serves the largely Chicano and Latino population of San Francisco's Mission District. GDLR mounts exhibitions, hosts poetry readings, workshops, and celebrations, sells works of art, and sponsors youth and artist-in-residence programs. Exhibitions at the Galería tend to feature the work of minority and developing country artists and concern issues of ethnic history, identity, and social justice. History The Galería de la Raza was founded by Chicano Movement artists Ralph Maradiaga, Rupert García, Peter Rodríguez, Francisco X. Camplis, Gustavo Ramos Rivera, Carlos Loarca, Manuel Villamor, Robert Gonzales, Luis Cervantes, Chuy Campusano, Rolando Castellón, and René Yañez in 1970 as a place for Mexican American and other Latino artists to show their work. René Yañez become the Galería’s first artistic director and Ralph Maradiaga was the first administrative direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raza (other)
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Raza may refer to: * Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Islamic reformer * ''Raza'' (film), a 1942 Spanish film *S. H. Raza (1922–2016), Indian artist *Sardar Muhammad Raza, former Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan *Raheel Raza (born 1949), Canadian author and feminist *Raza Longknife, a Marvel comic book character *Raza Microelectronics Inc, a private semiconductor company in California *''Raza Odiada'', a 1995 album by Brujeria *Raza Unida Party, an American political party *Mass (liturgy) in the Assyrian Church of the East, from the Aramaic See also * Reza (other) * La Raza (other) * Rasa (other) Rasa may refer to: Indian culture * Rasa (aesthetics), a concept in the Indian performing arts * Rasa (theology), a concept of nectar or emotional rapture related to Krishna devotion * Rasā, a mythical river mentioned in the Rigveda * Rasa li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Raza (Mexico City Metrobús, Line 3)
The Spanish expression ('the people' or 'the community'; literal translation: 'the race') has historically been used to refer to the Hispanophone populations (primarily though not always exclusively in the Western Hemisphere), considered as an ethnic or racial unit historically deriving from the Spanish Empire, and the process of racial intermixing of the Spanish colonizers with the indigenous populations of the Americas (some utilizations of the term include racial mixing with enslaved Africans brought there by the Atlantic slave trade). The term was in wide use in Latin America in the early-to-mid-20th century, but has gradually been replaced by . It remains in active use specifically in the context of Mexican-American identity politics in the United States (). History The term was in use by 1858 in local California newspapers such as ''El Clamor Publico'' by californios writing about and , and identifying as es, latinos, label=none as the abbreviated te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Raza (Mexico City Metrobús, Line 1)
The Spanish expression ('the people' or 'the community'; literal translation: 'the race') has historically been used to refer to the Hispanophone populations (primarily though not always exclusively in the Western Hemisphere), considered as an ethnic or racial unit historically deriving from the Spanish Empire, and the process of racial intermixing of the Spanish colonizers with the indigenous populations of the Americas (some utilizations of the term include racial mixing with enslaved Africans brought there by the Atlantic slave trade). The term was in wide use in Latin America in the early-to-mid-20th century, but has gradually been replaced by . It remains in active use specifically in the context of Mexican-American identity politics in the United States (). History The term was in use by 1858 in local California newspapers such as ''El Clamor Publico'' by californios writing about and , and identifying as es, latinos, label=none as the abbreviated te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Raza Metro Station
La Raza (Mexican ; Spanish ; ) is a Mexico City Metro transfer station in the Gustavo A. Madero borough of Mexico City. It is a combined underground and at-grade station with two side platforms each, served by Lines 3 (the Olive Line) and 5 (the Yellow Line). La Raza station is located between Potrero and Tlatelolco stations on Line 3, and between Autobuses del Norte and Misterios stations on Line 5. It serves the '' colonias'' (neighborhoods) of Vallejo and Héroes de Nacozari. The station's pictogram depicts the nearby '' Monumento a la Raza'', a pyramid-shaped construction erected in honor of , Mexico's many native peoples and cultures. La Raza station opened on 25 August 1978 with service on Line 3 southward toward Hospital General station. Southeasterly service on Line 5 toward Pantitlán station began on 1 July 1982. The station facilities are partially accessible for people with disabilities as there are braille signage pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Siete De La Raza
Los Siete de la Raza (The Seven of the La Raza, Hispanic Community) was the label given to seven young Hispanic and Latino Americans, Latinos from the Mission District of San Francisco, California who were involved in a 1969 altercation with police that left one officer dead. The incident and subsequent trial became a ''cause célèbre'' of the Latin-American community and the New Left. All seven were acquitted. Incident The young Central American men—Gary Lescallett, Rodolfo Antonio (Tony) Martinez, Mario Martinez, Jose Rios, Nelson Rodriguez, Danilo Melendez and George Lopez—were approached by plainclothes San Francisco Police Department officers Joe Brodnik and Paul McGoran while the former were moving a stereo or TV into a house at 429-433 Alvarado Street on May 1, 1969, at around 10:30 a.m. A struggle ensued and Brodnik was fatally shot with McGoran's gun. When police descended on the crime scene, they entered the house and assumed the suspects were hiding in the attic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Día De La Raza
Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492. Christopher Columbus ( it, Cristoforo Colombo ) was a Genovese-born explorer who became a subject of the Hispanic Monarchy to lead a Spanish enterprise to cross the Atlantic Ocean in search of an alternative route to the Far East, only to land in the New World. Columbus's first voyage to the New World on the Spanish ships ''Santa María'', ''Niña'', and ''La Pinta'' took about three months. Columbus and his crew's arrival in the New World initiated the colonisation of the Americas by Spain, followed in the ensuing centuries by other European powers, as well as the transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, and technology between the New and Old Worlds, an event referred to by some late 20th‐century historians as the Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raza Unida Party
Partido Nacional de La Raza Unida (National United Peoples PartyArmando Navarro (2000) ''La Raza Unida Party'', p. 20 or United Race Party) is a former Hispanic political party centered on Chicano (Mexican-American) nationalism. It was created in 1970 and became prominent throughout Texas and Southern California. It was started to combat growing inequality and dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party that was typically supported by Mexican-American voters. After its establishment in Texas, the party launched electoral campaigns in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and California, though it only secured official party status for statewide races in Texas. It did poorly in the 1978 Texas elections and dissolved when leaders and members dropped out. La Raza, as it was usually known, experienced most of its success at the local level in southwest Texas when the party swept city council, school board, and mayoralty elections in Crystal City, Cotulla, and Carrizo Springs. Much of the succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Raza National Lawyers Association
The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) is a 501(c)(6) organization representing Hispanics in the legal profession, including attorneys, judges, law professors, legal assistant and paralegals, and law students in the United States and its territories. History The organization was founded in California on March 20, 1972, as La Raza National Lawyers Association;La Raza National Lawyers Association ". ''Business Entity Detail''. California Secretary of State. Accessed on June 8, 2016. its first president was Mario G. Obledo. The organization's name was changed to Hispanic National Bar Association and reincorporated in the District of Columbia in 1984. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Raza Nation
La Raza is a gang, street gang founded in Chicago in 1973. Their colors are green, white, and red (same as the Mexican flag). Their symbols include the Mexican flag, cross, and a six-point star. Relations with other gangs Although La Raza Nation is affiliated with the Folk Nation, La Raza Nation has been to war with many Folk Nation gangs such as Gangster Disciples, and other Folks. Their main rivals are local gangs such as the Almighty Saints, Latin Kings (gang), Latin Kings, and Almighty Black P. Stone Nation, Black P. Stones from the Back of the Yards area. Activities La Raza's activity has historically been centered in the Chicago area, but it has since expanded to other areas. A 1996 police report noted La Raza as the rival of the Gran Familia Mexicana, a federation of Mexican gangs in the New York City area. Between 2001 and 2003, La Raza was involved in a gang war with Vatos Locos. In the end, 12 Vatos Locos members were charged in the conspiracy to kill 4 rival gang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Council Of La Raza
UnidosUS, formerly National Council of La Raza (NCLR) (La Raza), is the United States's largest Latino nonprofit advocacy organization. It advocates in favor of progressive public policy changes including immigration reform, a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and reduced deportations. Founded in 1968 (as NCLR), UnidosUS has regional offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Phoenix, San Antonio and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. History In 1963, a group of Mexican Americans in Washington, D.C., formed the National Organization for Mexican American Services (NOMAS). The organization existed primarily to provide technical assistance to Hispanic groups and bring them together under one umbrella. NOMAS presented a proposal to the Ford Foundation to establish an organization that could provide technical assistance and organizational structure to the Mexican American community. The Ford Foundation hired Herman Gallegos, Julian Samora, and Ernesto Galarza t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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