Latino Americans
Latino Americans chronicles the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have for the past 500-plus years helped shape what is today the United States. It is a story of people, politics, and culture, intersecting with much that is central to the history of the United States while also going to places where standard U.S. histories do not tend to tread.
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- 2013-2013
- 1 season
- PBS
- Documentary
Latino Americans chronicles the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have for the past 500-plus years helped shape what is today the United States. It is a story of people, politics, and culture, intersecting with much that is central to the history of the United States while also going to places where standard U.S. histories do not tend to tread.
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2013
Episode 2
Empire of Dreams
Sun, Sep 1, 2013 54 mins
From PBS - See how the American population is reshaped by Latino immigration from 1880 to the 1940s.
Episode 3
War and Peace
Tue, Sep 24, 2013 53 mins
From PBS - Trace the World War II years and those that follow, as Latino Americans serve their new country by the hundreds of thousands -- yet still face discrimination and a fight for civil rights in the United States.
Episode 4
The New Latinos (1946-1965)
Mon, Sep 30, 2013
Episode 5
Prejudice and Pride
Tue, Oct 1, 2013 54 mins
From PBS - Witness the creation of the proud "Chicano" identity and growing Latino activism.
Episode 6
Peril and Promise
Tue, Oct 1, 2013 54 mins
From PBS - Examine the past 30 years, as a second wave of Cubans and hundreds of thousands Salvadorans, Nicaraguans and Guatemalans flee to the U.S., creating a debate over undocumented immigrants that leads to calls for tightened borders, English-only laws and efforts to brand the undocumented as a drain on public resources. Simultaneously, the Latino influence is booming in business, sports, media, politics and entertainment. Latino Americans become the largest and youngest growing sector of the American population.
