Three Generations of Latinos offers a more recent history of the experience of Latino students at the University of Michigan. By looking at three different points in this history we can see how the actions of a few leaders, can have a huge influence on the lives of those not only in the present but…
Category: Historias
Mapping Early 20th Century Latino Social Worlds at the University of Michigan
A visualization of Latin American and Latinx student locations on campus: A Story Map of the Birthplace, Campus Residence, and Post-Graduate Residence of Early Latin American Students The University of Michigan has a rich and diverse history and a multitude of documents on the entire history waiting to be explored, but students so rarely relate the…
Waves of Latinx Greek Life: A Subculture at Umich
Waves of Latinx Greek Life: A Subculture at the University of Michigan By: Antonio Gallegos Fraternity and Sorority life has a long history here at the University of Michigan. Since 1845, just 8 years after the University of Michigan was moved to the city of Ann Arbor, Greek-lettered organizations have provided students with a plethora…
Minority Recruitment & Retention Programs at the University of Michigan
We begin with the common notion of underrepresented and marginalized communities facing challenges in higher education access and educational success in the United States. In the state of Michigan, the University of Michigan possesses a large history of recruitment and retention programs implemented by different offices, schools, and even the students themselves. Over time, these…
MEChA Past, Present & Future
MEChA Past, Present & Future By: Yvonne G. Navarrete and Lesley Rivas Chapter 1: Introduction to MEChA as a National Organization Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) was created as the result of several years of Chicana/o student activism and organizing. Various student organizations around the country had been mobilizing in the late 1960s, including…
LATINX ARTISTS AT MICHIGAN (1945-1980s): ART AS A FORM OF ACTIVISM
LATINX ARTISTS AT MICHIGAN (1945-1980s): ART AS A FORM OF ACTIVISM By: Danie Lopez INTRODUCTION If you identify as Latinx, how do you make yourself visible on a campus that is not intended for you? Do you start an organization? Organize a rally or protest? Meet with administrators? Ignore the issue? Or Do you channel…
Views of Afro- Latinx: Then and NOW
By: Ella Tutlis and Aminta Valmon-Charles Introduction: This is a growing timeline that represents a small portion of Afro-Latinx students at The University of Michigan, and how they were viewed while on campus. The multigenerational stories of the Barbosa Family begin the narrative of Afro-Latinx life and culture at the university, and it is continued…
Latinx Recruitment in the 1980’s and 1990’s
University of Michigan Recruitment Efforts in the 1980s and 1990s Records show that from 1989 to 1990, the percentage of Hispanics admitted to the university increased by 39%. In terms of increase, this seems like a large and positive number, but when looking at the exact number of Hispanics admitted between those two years, it’s…
El Club LatinoAmericano
Untold Stories of the Latin American Club By: Yosabeth Guerrero Gomez In the early 1900s, a new wave of emerging Latinx Students at the University of Michigan came about. Club Latino Americano, the Latin American Club, was an organization established for gentlemen of Latin descent at the University of Michigan. The Latin American Club strove…
The Third World Coalition Occupies the Administration Building
By: Alex Mullen The Black Action Movement (BAM) was a strike that crippled the basic functions of the University of Michigan for nearly two weeks during the 1970s. The leaders of the Black Action Movement produced a list of demands presented to the university administration, with their chief demand being that the black student population…