Karen Juanita Carrillo

After Fidel Castro loosened emigration policies, some 125,000 Cubans landed on U.S. shores over a span of five months.

During the same summer as the legendary Woodstock music festival, the Harlem concert series featured major African American artists against a backdrop of massive social change.

Tenochtitlán, the capital city of the Aztec Empire, flourished between A.D. 1325 and 1521—but was defeated less than two years after the arrival of Spanish invaders led by Cortés.

From entertainment devices to lifesaving medical technologies, Latino inventors have advanced humankind through their contributions.

Chicano activists took on a name that had long been a racial slur—and wore it with pride.

During a time when violence against Black Americans was common, Holiday's haunting rendition of the song often left audiences uncomfortable.