Dr. Felipe Hinojosa will be giving three talks this month and is working on a new book focusing on the Latino civil rights movement from the 1960s to the 1990s.
WACO, Texas — A Baylor University professor is leading an effort to educate not only students but all Central Texas residents during Hispanic Heritage Month.
Dr. Felipe Hinojosa is a professor of history at Baylor University and Baylor’s Jackson Family Representative in Latin America. This year for Hispanic Heritage Month, he will be giving three different talks.
“We will have three separate lectures by scholars from institutions across the country,” Hinojosa said.
The first lecture took place on September 18th and was taught by Dr. Sergio Gonzalez of Marquette University. The lecture focused on Gonzalez’s book, “Strangers No Longer,” which details the experiences of Latinos in Wisconsin.
If you missed Gonzalez’s talk, he has two more scheduled in October before the end of Hispanic Heritage Month.
On October 3, Hinojosa will host three scholars to discuss democracy in the Americas. In the final lecture on October 10, Dr. Joanna Fernández will talk about her upcoming project and book on the Puerto Rican civil rights movement.
All lectures are open to the public and free to attend.
“We hope that people of all backgrounds will participate and benefit from learning about Latino history,” Hinojosa added, “from the civil rights movement to contemporary issues impacting the Latino community and the state of Texas so that as organizations, business leaders, and health care leaders, we can do more to serve this growing population.”
In addition to these lectures, Hinojosa is also working on a new book focusing on the Latino civil rights movement from the 1960s to the 1990s.
“In this new book, I want to examine a national perspective on the Latino civil rights movement,” Hinojosa said, “how Latinos fought for bilingual education, how they fought to have more teachers in our public schools, how they fought for curriculum changes so that today I can teach Latino history at Baylor University.”
Dr. Hinojosa is excited to share Hispanic Heritage Month with students and the entire Central Texas community through three lectures and his new book.
“Sharing culture with my students is very important to me,” Hinojosa said. “I have students in my classes who come from many different backgrounds, and it’s my job as a teacher to make sure they all leave with an understanding of U.S. politics, U.S. history, and U.S. history beyond our borders.”
