On Tuesday, September 29, Duke University Hispanic/Latino Alumni Association (DUHLAA) is hosting a lifelong learning program to celebrate Latinx Heritage Month 2020. The program, Understanding a Journey: The How and Why of Latino/a Community Growth in the Southern US features Dr. Cecilia Márquez, Assistant Professor of History. 

Please take advantage of the following recommended resources from Professor Márquez.

Podcasts

Latino USA

• Southern Roadtrip Podcast (Part 1) (September 15, 2017)
• Southern Roadtrip Podcast (Part 2) (September 22, 2017)

This American Life

• Our Town – Part One (December 8, 2017)
• Our Town – Part Two (December 15, 2017)

Nuestro South

• Five-Part Podcast Series (May-June 2019)

Books

Corazón de Dixie: Mexicanos in the US South since 1910 by Julie M. Weise

Nuveo South: Latinas/os, Asians, and the Remaking of Place by Perla M. Guerrero

The Latino Migration Experience in North Carolina (Revised & Expanded Second Edition) by Hannah Gill

Articles

Juan Crow and the Erasure of Blackness in the Latina/o South by Cecilia Márquez

Becoming Pedro: “Playing Mexican” at South of the Border by Cecilia Márquez

Labor Roundtable on Latinxs in the US South (collection of recommended articles) 

Documentaries

The Unafraid from America Reframed – PBS World Channel

¡FIESTA! Quinceañera – Docuseries

Other Resources

Freedom University

• Modern-day Freedom School based in Atlanta, GA