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Mexican American workmen making adobe bricks at the Casa Verdugo, California. In the 1920s, Mexicans met the increasing demand for cheap labor on the West Coast. Mexican refugees continued to migrate to areas outside the Southwest; they were recruited to work in the steel mills of Chicago during a strike in 1919, and again in 1923. [254]
Mexican American men have higher prevalence rates in comparison to non-Latinos, whites and blacks. [221] "The prevalence of diabetes increased from 8.9% in 1976–1980 to 12.3% in 1988–94 among adults aged 40 to 74" according to the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994. [221]
A study compared the sexual activity of non-Hispanic white women and Latinas in Orange County, California, where there is a high population of Mexican American families. Non-Hispanic white women began sexual relations about a year younger than all of the Latinas in the survey reported.
Hinojosa, a Mexican-American journalist, is the anchor and executive producer of Latino USA, a public radio show devoted to Latino issues. She helped launch Latino USA in 1992 and has also worked ...
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, marked the end of the Mexican–American War. In that treaty, the United States agreed to pay Mexico $18,250,000; Mexico formally ceded California (and other northern territories) to the United States, and a new international boundary was drawn; San Diego Bay is the only natural ...
The Huelga Barnstar, for significant contributions to Mexican American and Chicano (and Hispanic and Latino American) related articles or projects. "Huelga" means "strike", and is the name of the bird on the United Farm Workers flag, a symbol of Chicano culture in the US, and the most commonly recognized image related to the Mexican American ...
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., the first Mexican American woman in Congress, has been recognized for her legislation helping children and families.
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images North America/TNS. I’m a proud, first-generation, college-educated and gay Mexican American with undocumented family in the United States, including a mother who was ...