The Bronx Journal

09/16/2020

WATCH A HISPANIC HERITAGE LECTURE!
So what do we do to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month during a pandemic? Well, you can listen to one of the lectures I deliver when I’m asked to speak at Hispanic Heritage Month events. This one is from is from 2013 and it tells you how I got started on my quest to educate Americans about our Hispanic history. It's 12 minutes long. If you agree that there are many people who should know this information, please share it with your friends!

Professor Miguel Pérez's lecture on "America's Hidden Hispanic Heritage" on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, at the Passaic County (NJ) Courthouse for the county's ce...

04/11/2017

WHAT CAME NEXT?
My students are building a timeline of the history of Latinos in the United States.
Go to: http://www.hiddenhispanicheritage.com/timelinecronologia.html
And tell us: "What came next?"

Promo for Hispanic-American History Timeline at HiddenHispanicHeritage.com THIS VIDEO IS AN UPDATE OF AN EARLIER VERSION

11/07/2015

Discussing his recent induction into the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and his history project, HiddenHispanicHeritage.com

09/22/2015

READ ALL ABOUT IT . . .

Professor Miguel Perez was recently inducted into the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Hall of Fame.

09/04/2015

Lehman Professor Explores "Hidden Hispanic Heritage" Across U.S.
http://emagazines.lehman.edu
Click on magazine and check out Pages 21-22

Lehman College - City University of New York. Lehman Today Spring 2015 Magazine.

04/28/2015

REMEMBERING PROF. ELAINE RIVERA
Elaine Rivera's brother Randy and father Juan came to Lehman College last week to exchange some photos and anecdotes with us at the Journalism Department. We had some laughs, knowing that she must be teaching and inspiring students at a much higher university now. But we still miss you Elaine! In the group photo: Randy Rivera, Lissette M. Diaz, Amorette Betancourt, Juan Rivera and Prof. Miguel Pérez.

04/22/2015

THE GREAT HISPANIC AMERICAN HISTORY TOUR HAS A NEW CHAPTER. PLASE SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS.

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12/09/2014

NEW CHAPTER! PLEASE SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS

Back in 1776, while 13 British colonies were becoming an independent nation on the eastern side of North America, two Spanish priests were leading an expedition across present-day New Mexico,...

08/12/2014

Its original name was Mision San Antonio de Valero. It was built by Native Americans and Spanish Franciscan priests in 1724. But you probably know it better because of what happened there in 1836,...

07/23/2014

You feel like you've been there before, and yet you know this is your first time in New Orleans. That's the sensation you get if you are a Latino arriving in the French Quarter. At first you can't...

07/16/2014

From the cannons mounted on the roof of Fort Conde, now surrounded by modern high-rise buildings in downtown Mobile, Alabama, it's hard to envision the time when it was under siege by Spanish and...