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Hispanic Veterans in Service

Hispanic American veterans

Explore the Library of Congress's collections of oral histories, images, and documents from Hispanic veterans of the U.S. armed forces.

National Museum of the American Latino

Latinx history is U.S. history

Explore digital exhibitions on culture, history, and identity from the National Museum of the American Latino.

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Ross in LA)

9 Latinx artists to know

Find your new favorite artist through the National Gallery of Art.

Challenged and Banned Books by Hispanic, Latinx, and Chicanx Authors

Always Running

Always Running: La Vida Loco, Gang Days in LA

by Luis J. Rodriguez (1993)

Removed from Santa Barbara, CA reading lists in 2004; #68 on the ALA's 100 Most Challenged Books List, 2000–2009

The House on Mango Street

The House on Mango Street

by Sandra Cisneros (1984)

Removed from Tuscon, AZ classrooms by H.B. 2811, which dismantled programs in Mexican-American cultural studies; restored in 2017

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

by Julia Alvarez (1992)

Removed from high school curriculum in 2024 in Tillamook, OR

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

by Paulo Friere (1968)

Removed from Tuscon, AZ classrooms by H.B. 2811, which dismantled programs in Mexican-American cultural studiesrestored in 2017

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez (1967)

Called "garbage being passed off as literature" and removed from required reading lists by school officials in 1986 in Wasco, CA

Let Freedom Read

Let Freedom Read Day: October 11, 2025

Celebrate #LetFreedomReadDay by exercising your intellectual freedom.