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Hispanic Heritage Month: Afro-Latino

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The Afro-Latin@ Reader by Miriam Jiménez Román (Editor); Juan Flores
ISBN: 9780822345725
Publication Date: 2010-07-07
Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000 by George Reid Andrews
ISBN: 9780195152333
Publication Date: 2004-06-24
Afro-Latin@s in Movement by Petra R. Rivera-Rideau (Editor); Jennifer A. Jones (Editor); Tianna S. Paschel (Editor)
ISBN: 9781137603203
Publication Date: 2016-06-30
Afro-Latino Voices: Shorter Edition by Kathryn Joy McKnight (Editor); Leo J. Garofalo (Editor)
ISBN: 9781624664007
Publication Date: 2015-08-21
Afro-Mexicans by Chege Githoria
ISBN: 9781592216475
Publication Date: 2008-06-01
Mama's Girl by Veronica Chambers
ISBN: 9781573220309
Publication Date: 1996-06-18

The term Afro-Latino is a recently adopted term as a response to the invisibility of Latin American and Caribbean Afro-descendants and Black ancestry people while discussing issues of ethnicity. Below are some sources that elaborate on the topic.

AfroLatino Coalition Statement on SPD 15 Revised Standards
https://www.afrolatinoforum.org/
Afro-Latino: A deeply rooted identity among U.S. Hispanics
By Gustavo Lopez and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera
Pew Research Center
MARCH 1, 2016
Afro Latinos' Mixed Identity Can Leave Them Out of the Mix : Afro Latinos say there is little understanding of their mixed heritage.
NBC News
Feb. 27, 2014
PHOTOS: What It Means to Celebrate Afro-Latinidad in the Time of Black Lives Matter
By Remezcla e-staff
7/12/2016

streaming video resources

Websites and On-line Resources

Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University

PBS Black in Latin America

African Diaspora Across the World

The Global Afro Latino and Caribbean Initiative (GALCI)

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