Cuban Heritage Digital Collections
From the University of Miami
Art:
World Solidarity with Puerto Rico, 1981
Alberto Blanco’s poster symbolizes the protest and imperial relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico.
Oil painting depicting the United States and Cuba relationship, 1970
Carol Highsmith’s photograph of this oil painting in Havana, Cuba portrays the tense relationship between Cuba and the United States in the late 1960s.
We The People – Defend Dignity, 2017
Shepard Fairey’s illustration of a photograph taken by Arlene Mejorado, Maribel Valdez, a Xicana activist pictured, served as a pivotal piece of art seen during the Women’s March for the 2017 presidential inauguration reminding that all humans deserve to be treated with dignity.
Stop Forced Sterilization, 1977
Rachael Romero’s print portrays a flyer around the Madrigal v. Quilligan civil rights class-action lawsuit where 10 Mexican American women were involuntarily sterilized at the LA County-USC Medical Center as an act of racist eugenics by the doctors at the facility which became demonstrated as a larger pattern in the 1970s.
A political cartoon depicting the “wall” that literacy tests created to bar Hispanic immigrants from entering the United States.
Government Documents:
Civil Rights Cases from the Library of Congress:
The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966
Tierra Amarilla Land Grant, 1967
San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez, 1973
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
American Baptist Churches (ABC) v. Thornburgh, 1991
California’s Proposition 187, 1994
Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, 2002
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), 2012
Media/News:
How Hurricane Maria Fueled Puerto Rico’s Resistance by Karen Pinchin
This news article chronicles the story of resistance and protest emerging out of Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria and the treatment of everyday Puerto Ricans. The article also touches on the intersection of resistance and climate change.
Memoirs:
Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas, translated by Dolores M. Koch
A memoir on Arenas’ experience as growing up impoverished in Cuba, fighting for Castro as a rebel, being imprisoned as a homosexual, and having his writing unpublished, his journey to immigrating to the United States up to his death in New York.
Undocumented by Padilla Peralta
Peralta’s story is shared from his experiences in a New York City homeless shelter to graduating the top of his class at Princeton University in a narrative on immigration.
Music (songs/youtube videos by various artists related to the topics of the unit):
“Afilando los Cuchillos” by Residente, iLe, and Bad Bunny
“Cancion Protesta” by Aterciopelados
“Desapariciones” by Ruben Blades
“Despierta” by Snow tha Product
“El Hielo (ICE)” by La Santa Cecilia
“Flores” by Danay Suarez
“Hombre Gris” by Vakeró
“La Marulla” by Puya ft. Tego Caledrón, Tito Auger, MiMi Maura, and El Topo
“No Es Mi Presidente” by Taina Asili
“Querido FBI” by Calle 13
“Rich Man’s World” by Immortal Technique
“Shock”/ “Shock in Arizona” by Ana Tijoux
“Somos Mas Americanos” by Los Tigres del Norte
“The Demagogue” by Lila Downs
“Vem Pra Rua” by O Rappa
“We’re All Mexican” / “Todos Somos Mexicanos” by Emilio and Various Artists
“We Are Mexico” by Becky G
Photographs:
All Documents from the Library of Congress
Mexican Agricultural Laborer in California, 1943
Puerto Ricans demonstrating for Civil Rights, 1976
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, 1974
