hispanic americans

Chronicles the personalities, history, contributions, and culture of Latinos and the impact they have made on American life.

Journalist Paul Cuadros goes to Siler City, North Carolina, with the intention of writing about the hardships faced by the town's Latino immigrants, but after observing the strained relationships between the town's longtime residents and the newcomers, he decides to help bring them together and begins coaching a high school soccer team that gets to the state championships.

Clara gets a cute dog pinata for her birthday party, but when she begins to pretend it is her pet, and becomes attached to it, she doesn't want it to get broken.

Claudia researches weddings after being asked to be a part of her cousin's wedding party, and when things start to go wrong on the big day, Claudia fears she might be bad luck.

Benito's father returns from Iraq a changed man, and when the pressure to deal with his father's post-traumatic stress disorder proves to be too much, Benito considers running away from his problems.

After their photograph of a robbery is published in the newspaper, Hector and Mando find themselves pursued by two goofy thieves.

Having no place to play in their run-down inner city Los Angeles neighborhood, twelve-year-old Arturo and the other students in his sixth-grade class raise money and build a park, in the process learning about hard work, creativity, and teamwork.

Biography of the Hispanic singer who sang a mix of Mexican and popular music and became a hero to the Mexican American community.

Presents 115 short essays about life in New York's South Bronx--not only the drugs, violence, gangs, police, and misrepresentations by the media, but also the positive outlook on life, the hopefulness, and the quest for success.

Relates how this outstanding hitter and versatile player went from the South Bronx to the baseball parks of Pittsburgh and New York.