Antonio Mejías-Rentas

Thousands of Mexican American students participated in the 'Blowout,' the first urban, youth-led protest of the burgeoning Chicano civil rights crusade.

The scholar and activist was sought and then arrested by the FBI in 1970—and the experience informed her life's work.

Colonization of the Americas allowed for the melding of European, Indigenous and African sounds—creating some very danceable musical styles.

Once cutting-edge, these gadgets have since been overshadowed.