Latinx Thought and Culture: The NPR Archive, 1979-1990 contains digitized audio with transcripts from two radio programs: the weekly Spanish-language Enfoque Nacional (1979-1988) and the Daily English-language Latin File (1988-1990). They focus on Latinx issues related to politics, sociology, human rights, the arts and more.
Primary source database that provides insight into the relationship between the U.S. government and the burgeoning Latino population in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Major topics covered include inflation, bilingual education, police brutality, unrest in Latin America, Haitian refugees, immigration, Puerto Rican self-determination, and the U.S. Navy’s use of Vieques Island. This collection also documents some of the most important Latino organizations of the time, including LULAC, TELACU, La Raza, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the American G.I. Forum.
Decolonization: Politics and Independence in Former Colonial and Commonwealth Territories presents political ephemera and organizational material produced in previously colonized countries and territories throughout the twentieth century.