Antonio Mejías-Rentas

Antonio Mejías-Rentas is a longtime journalist based in Los Angeles. He tweets @lataino.

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Celia Cruz during rehearsal for the third annual Latin GRAMMY Awards ceremony at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, 2002.

Arts & Entertainment

The Origins of 7 Key Latin Music Genres

A fusion of global sounds shaped these musical styles.

Sheriff's deputies form a line across street at Garfield High School during a Chicano student demonstration on March 5, 1968. Similar confrontations occurred at other schools.

Hispanic History

How 1968 East LA Student Walkouts Ignited the Chicano Movement

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

The 1970 FBI Wanted poster for Angela Davis.

Black History

How Angela Davis Ended Up on the FBI Most Wanted List

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

Motorola alphanumeric pager Memo Express

1980s

8 Essential Gadgets From the 1980s That Are Now Obsolete

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

U.S. History

World History

Eras & Ages

Culture & Tradition