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Banned Latino authors band together for coast-to-coast special observance of Hispanic Heritage Month

Sep 20, 2012, 12:28 PM 4

LatinaLista — The Librotraficante Movement was born in direct response to the actions of Arizona legislators who passed House Bill 2281 to ban Mexican American Studies in the state’s schools. Along with that ban came a series of oppressive…

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Video: Author Sandra Cisneros shows support for Librotraficante Movement with memorable reading

Sep 20, 2012, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — “When we heard that Tucson Unified School District administrators not only prohibited Mexican American Studies, but then walked into classrooms, and in front of young Latino students, during class time, removed and boxed up books by our…