Hispanic Heritage Month Resources

Hear from notable individuals like award-winning chef Jose Andres, actress and director America Ferrera, and more with 10 great TED Talks by Hispanic and Latinx speakers
Check out the PBS collection of eight unique documentaries about different Hispanic and Latin American stories from across the country; for even more to watch from PBS, check out their Hispanic Heritage Month page(Open external link), which has videos about music and culture, history, and even a six-hour documentary series about Hispanic history in the United States(Open external link), alongside much more
To learn more about important Latinas in U.S. history, watch videos on figures like Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor(Open external link), musician Celia Cruz(Open external link), labor activist Emma Tennayuca(Open external link), and suffragette Maria de Guadalupe Evangelina Lopez de Lowther(Open external link) and astronaut Ellen Ochoa(Open external link) from the Smithsonian collection of videos on women’s history
For more on the intersection between Hispanic Heritage and women’s history, the National Museum of American History has a video series called “Latinas Talk Latinas,”(Open external link) featuring even more discussions about notable Latina women who have had an impact on our country and society

Latino USA (Futuro Media)(Open external link): the longest-running Latino news and cultural public radio program.
Radio Ambulante (NPR)(Open external link): a Spanish language podcast that tells stories from all over Latin America
¿Quién Are We? (NPR)(Open external link): a new podcast that explores Latino and Hispanic identities
Planeta G (Greenpeace)(Open external link): learn more about the intersection between Latinx identity and environmentalism
“Yes She Did!” – (Smithsonian)(Open external link): In this episode, of the Portraits podcast, hear an interview with labor activist Dolores Huerta and learn about her life and legacy
“The Goddess of Broadway” – (Smithsonian/PRX)(Open external link): Learn about the first ever Puerto Rican performer on Broadway, Diosa Costello, in this episode of the Sidedoor podcast.

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