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TABLE OF CONTENTS

UNITED STATES
History of the Irving Berlin song, "God Bless America"
History of the Cinco de Mayo
Mexican-American Female Conductor: They Told Her She Couldn't, So She
Did, by O. Delgado
LULAC Supports Nomination of Latina, Jovita Carranza to Head Small
Business Administration
Generation Z Versus Millennials: The 8 Differences You Need to Know by
Ryan Jenkins

BORDER:
José Antonio López: The Rio Grande, The Transcendental Border
“From 7 to 77: There’s been an explosion in building border walls since
World War II”
EL CHAPO ACT
July 10-13, 2019: 14th Summer Institute on Migration and Global Health
Julian Cardona photo collection at California State University
Northridge Archives

ABORTION:
Planned Parenthood Guidelines State . . Genitals Don’t Determine
Gender
Extracted from "Appeals court rules Ohio can defund Planned Parenthood"
by Alice Miranda Ollstein
American taxpayer dollars will no longer pay for international abortions
Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Why Birthrates Among Hispanic Americans Have Plummeted
A School administrator used three words to describe the cross of Jesus
that will infuriate you

FREEDOM OF SPEECH
University President, Angel Cabrera, Stands Up to Students Throwing a
Tantrum over a Hiring
Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech
Sen. Kamala Harris' Crusade Against Freedom of Religion by Terence P.
Jeffrey
Laws Pertaining to Religion and Freedom of Speech
US Laws Protecting American from Treason, Sedition, Defamation, Slander,
Libel
What is Hate Speech? Hate speech” doesn’t have a legal definition under
U.S. law

The CREATION of FAKE NEWS
From Bad to Worse: Smollett Reportedly Loses a Lead Acting Role after
Hoax
How Does False News Get Started? by Mimi Lozano
US Laws Protecting Americans from Treason, Sedition, Defamation,
Slander, Libel
And what is the American Public Facing now ?

OUR CONGRESSES in ACTION and INACTION:
Treason and Sedition, whose Action Fits the Crime
Rep. Ilhan Omar traveled in (November 2017) With Radical Anti-US Group
by Janita Kan
Omar describes 9/11: ". . some people did something"
Muslims in Congress Caught In Embezzlement Scam!
POW/MIA Flags replaced by LGBT
New York State Assembly Approves $27 million for Illegal Immigrants to
Attend College
Teachers unions in Rhode Island object to a bill criminalizing sex with
children
Hispanic approval rate of Trump increasing
11 Times Donald Trump Was An Example of Excellence

50-YEAR PLAN for MEXICAN AMERICANS
Update on commentary related to the Blueprint of Feb. 2, 2019
Are we a Nation within a Nation and the MECha Flare-Up by Armando Rendon
Mexican American Group MEChA Eyes Name Change Amid Furor
Meeting:Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 6 p.m. Progreso Building,
Guadalupe/Brazos, San Francisco, CA
Friends of the Mexican American Civil Rights and History Institute of
San Antonio, TX
Chicano/o Mentoring Association, Santa Ana, CA
Just a thought, I loved our history . . . by Heladio Zavala

SPANISH PRESENCE in the AMERICAS ROOTS
Granaderos y Damas de Gálvez Honor Canary Islanders at unveiling of
Monument

MY HERITAGE PROJECT
Mimi's Story: Chapter 17 Returning to California: Inglewood in all its
Diversities

HISTORIC TIDBITS
40 Events from 1860 to 1900 That Changed America

HISPANIC LEADERS
Armando Rodriguez, pioneering Hispanic educator, dies at 97 by John
Wilkens

LATINO PATRIOTS
American heroes! sent by Joe Sanchez
Interview with Master Sergeant Richard Rodriguez
Airline Captain, "Are they military, I asked?"

SURNAMES
Libro: Una Rama de los Padilla Dávila en España y México por Guillermo
Padilla Origel
Informe Genealógico completo de: Moctezuma II Xocoyotzin

DNA
DNA About Jews

RELIGION
The Lady in Blue by Jerry Lujan
Identity: Latino Millennials and the Catholic Church by Albert V Vela,
PhD
Radical Feminist was triggered over a display of Christian crosses, and
what happened next will shock you
Tim Tebow Got The News That Will Leave Every Doubter Speechless
A growing number of states are considering bringing the Bible back to
the classroom.
Millennials and Evangelism: The Plague of Emotivism by John Stonestreet,
Roberto Rivera

EDUCATION
Nuestra Iniciativa
Historical Ignorance in High Places
For reasoned scholarship in a free society, the First Amendment must be
respected
Commissioner Raymund A. Paredes, Higher Education Coordinating Board to
resign

CULTURE
The All-Female Big Bands That Made History During World War II
Por La Vereda Tropical in Zapata by J. Gilberto Quezada

BOOKS AND PRINT MEDIA
Ayn Rand's Novel, Atlas Shrugged" Should Resurface Again by J. Gilberto
Quezada
"Chicanas in Charge" by Dr. Angel Gutierrez, Michelle Melendez, and
Sonia Adriana Noyola
"Harvesting Friends, Cosechando Amigos" by Kathleen Contreras, Illus. by
Gary Undercluffler
First-Time Novelist, Daniel Pena, Starts 2019 with a " BANG!"
Juan de Oñate, Adelantado Gobernador y Capitán General: El Lejano Oeste
Español por
José Antonio Crespo-Francés

FILMS, TV, RADIO, INTERNET
Documentary: " Care to Laugh", Film Finds Humor in Caregiver's Duty
Film: "Unplanned", Christian focus on Abortions

ORANGE COUNTY, CA
May 11: SHHAR Monthly: Beginning Hispanic Genealogy by Ruben Cortez
May 23-26th: Heartbeat of Mexico
May 25th: El Gran Festival De Musica Cubana
Papel Chicano Dos: February 23 – July 14, 2019
Santa Ana Unified School District Update, Apr 15, 2019
Historic Sites In Orange, compiled by Douglas Westfall

LOS ANGELES COUNTY
La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles Cemetery by Robert Smith
History of the Los Angeles Mexican American Cultural Center:
September 15, 2004 L.A. County OKs Mexican American Cultural Center by
Jessica Garrison
September 14, 2010 Mexican American cultural center in downtown L.A.
sets 2011 opening by David Ng
April 1, 2011 An apology comes too later by Hector Tobar
Jul 15, 2017 L.A.'s Mexican American cultural center begins to blossom
after a rocky start by Esmeralda Bermudez
The Jose G. Ramos Bicycle Monument Committee

CALIFORNIA
May 11: 250 year anniversary of the Gaspar de Portolá Expedition,
Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum
May 17: California LULAC State Convention
State Death Tax, wrong amid a budget surplus
Los Pobladores, Newsletter cover page, July 1986 and Photos
Portola and Anzac expeditions maps drawn by Robert Smith, Early
California descendent

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The Anna S. C. Blake Manual Training School Exhibit, through May 31.
July 8-12: Presidio Archaeology Camp
How the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Held On in Palm Springs

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Acción Latina
April 5: Remember Los Siete
Bernal Height memorial for Alex Nieto, Presente

NORTHWESTERN, US
Senator Margarita López Prentice, RN first Latina elected to the
Washington State Legislature
Don Estaban Fernando Estaban was Honored by the Washington State Senate.
"New Mexico in the Mexican-American War" by Ray John de Aragon
New Mexico Senate votes to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples
DaySOUTHWESTERN, US
Six things you should know about an Arizona legend, a rancher who built
his own Western town
Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum
Mexican American Scholars Gather in New Mexico amid Worry By Russell
Contreras

TEXAS
May 5–8, 2019: 30th Anniversary Conference MAFO National Farmworker
Conference, San Antonio
October 3-5, 2019: 40th Annual Texas Hispanic Genealogical and
Historical Conference in Dallas
Dallas area leads American cities in 2018 population growth
Welcome to the Annual Paella Challenge, Story and photos by Rosie Carbo
Arnulfo Hernandez, Jr., El Paso Mexican-American Activist
The History Behind The Formation of a New Bank in Zapata, Texas by J.
Gilberto Quezada
April 4th, 1689 -- Spanish explorer names the Nueces
A Serendipitous Discovery and A Vicarious Experience! by J. Gilberto
Quezada
How the Alamo got its Name and the Family Legend by Dan Arellano
San Antonio Express, 1889, Posted by Alfredo E. Cárdenas

MIDDLE AMERICA
Female Students Stage a Walk Out over Transgender Student Using Girls’
Restroom

EAST COAST
Spanish Soldiers (1739-1740) Honored at Fort Mose
Lying Reporter to teach Journalism at New York University
My Friend, Richard Bright by Joe Sanchez
Norteamericanos que no entraron por la Isla de Ellis AFRICAN-AMERICAN
Her ancestors fled to Mexico to escape slavery 170 years ago.
Homeless 8-year-old boy and family able to find a home, after winning
New York State Chess Championship.

INDIGENOUS
HerStory Museum, Madrid Features two women artists, with a Focus on
Native America Culture
Zitkala-sa by Gertrude Kasebier and Gertrude Kasebier (1852 –1934)
March 16th, 1758 -- Indians attack San Sabá missionARCHAEOLOGY
World's largest pyramid is hidden in a mountain in Mexico by O. Delgado

MEXICO
Tikal Rediscovered: The Greatest Mayan City Just Got a Lot Grander by
Melanie Haiken
'Hostile And Aggressive' Migrants Break Through Border Into Southern
Mexico, Join US-Bound Caravan

CARIBBEAN REGION
65th Infantry Regiment: "The Borinqueneers"
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
Tikal Rediscovered: The Greatest Mayan City Just Got a Lot Grander by
Melanie Haiken
'Hostile And Aggressive' Migrants Break Through Border Into Southern
Mexico, Join US-Bound Caravan
SPAIN
Vox, a fast-rising Spanish populist party
¿Sabías que hubo mujeres que viajaron con Colón?
La última travesía de los reyes del mar

INTERNATIONAL
France: Islamic Extremists Arrested Over Plot to Massacre Kindergarten
Children
German Parents Fined for Not Sending Son on Mosque Trip
Germany: Number of Foreign-Born Prison Inmates at Record High
2017 Middle East Travel Ban Kept Nearly 40,000 People Out of U.S.
British Schools to Begin Teaching Five-Year-Olds About Gays and
Transgenders
The LGBT agenda just took a terrifying turn to brainwash children world
wide
Report: Christian Persecution is Spiking Around the World
215 million Christians currently experience extreme levels of
persecution
Esclavitud de cristianos por los musulmanes
Numerous bombs ripped through Sri Lanka Easter Sunday as Christians were
targeted