Hispanic Heritage Month

John Trevino - Austin's first Mexican American city councilman; Austin, TX
Ernest Eguia - Activist; Houston, TX

Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 2022

Carmen Rodriguez Anaya - Mexican American activist; Hidalgo, TX
Henry B. Gonzalez - U.S. Congressman; San Antonio, TX
Hernandez v. Texas - 1954 landmark Supreme Court case
Johnny Canales - Television Host; Robstown, TX
Maria Jimenez - Civil Rights & Immigration Activist; Houston, TX
Lorraine Castro Camacho - Education & Community Advocate; Austin, TX
La Cronica - Spanish-language newspaper; Laredo, TX
Raul Yzaguirre - Civil rights activist & former leader of the National Council of La Raza; Rio Grande Valley
1957 Del Rio High School Golfers - Mexican American Gulf Team; Del Rio, TX
Porvenir Massacre - 1918 Porvenir Massacre; TX
Ramiro Cortes Jr - Mexican American classical music composer; Dallas, TX
Alice Dickerson Montemayor - First Latina VP of LULAC; Laredo, TX
Ernest Eguia - Fighter for equality; Houston, TX
Marcelino Serna - World War I Soldier; Chihuahua, Mexico
Alonso Perales - Civil rights activist; Alice, TX
Carlos Cristian Cadena - Civil rights attorney; San Antonio, TX
The 1917 Bath Riots - 1917 Bath Riots; El Paso, TX
Jose Tomas Canales - Lawyer, legislator and advocate; Nueces County, TX
Estela Portillo Trambley - Artist and educator; El Paso, TX
Hector P. Garcia - Founder of the American GI Forum; South TX
John Trevino - First Mexican-American City Councilman; Austin, TX
Antonio Orendain - Farmworker union activist; Jalisco, Mexico

Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 2022

A collection of six longer audio pieces for Hispanic Heritage Month featured on Texas Standard. Listen below.

Aida Barrera - Pioneer children's television producer; Austin, TX
Apolonia Abarca - Nurse & women's health activist; Mission/Corpus Christi, TX
George Sanchez - UT professor & key figure in 1930s -1950s Mexican American civil rights; San Antonio, TX
Joe Belden - Pioneer in the field of public opinion polling; TX
"Little Joe" Hernandez - Musician; Temple, TX
Pete Tijerina - Founder of MALDEF; Laredo/ San Antonio, TX

Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 2021

"Little Joe" Hernandez - Musician; Temple, TX
Irma Rangel - State Representative; Corpus Christi, TX
Raoul Cortez - Businessman & media maverick; San Antonio, TX
Lalo Guerrero - Musician; Los Angeles, CA
Nancy Lopez - First female hispanic golfer to compete in the LGPA; CA
Americo Paredes - Author, journalist & folklorist; Brownsville, TX
Emma Tenayuca - Labor organizer; San Antonio, TX
Roy Benavidez - U.S. Master Sargent, Medal of Honor recipient; Cuero, TX
Patrick Flores - Archbishop; San Antonio, TX
Carmen Lomas Garza - Chicana artist; Kingsville, TX
Pete Tijerina - Founder of MALDEF; Laredo/ San Antonio, TX
Jovita Idar - Political activist, journalist; Laredo, TX
Flaco Jimenez - Musician; Austin, TX
Sylvia Mendez - Civil rights activist; CA
George Sanchez - UT professor & key figure in 1930s -1950s Mexican American civil rights; San Antonio, TX
Frank Bonilla - Academic pioneer; NY
Richard Cavazos - First Hispanic four star general; Kingsville, TX
Apolonia Munoz Abarca - Nurse & women's health activist; Mission/Corpus Christi, TX
Gilbert Louis Delgado - Northern New Mexico deaf language pioneer; NM
Willie Velasquez - Founder of Southwest Voter Registration; San Antonio, TX
Raymond Telles - 1st Mexican American mayor of El Paso; El Paso, TX
Olga Custodio - First Latina female pilot; San Antonio, TX
Ventura Alonzo - "Queen of the accordion"; Brownsville, TX
Ruben Salazar - Journalist; El Paso, TX and Los Angeles, CA
Gus Garcia - San Antonio based lawyer who tried the Hernández v. Texas (1954) case; San Antonio, TX
Aida Barrera - Pioneer children's television producer; Austin, TX

Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 2021