Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.

The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15 and ending on October 15. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988, on the approval of Public Law 100-402.

The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September18, respectively. Also, Columbus Day or Día de la Raza, which is October 12, falls within this 30 day period.

Library of Congress. (n.d). About Hispanic heritage month. NationalHispanicHeritageMonth.org. Retrieved from http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/

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B SOT A Summer Life by Gary Soto

Fiction

F CIS The House on Mango Street (2003) by Sandra Cisneros

F JIM The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child (1997) by Francisco Jiménez

F VIL Weeping Woman: La Llorona and Other Stories (1993) by Alma Luz Villanueva

810.9868 KEV Latino Literature in America (2003) by Bridget Kevane

810.9868 NOR The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature (2011) edited by Ilan Stavans

810.9868 UNI U.S. Latino Literature: A Critical Guide for Students and Teachers (2000) edited by Harold Augenbraum and Margarite Fernández Olmos

810.98687 CAS Literatura Chicana: Texto y Contexto/Chicano Literature: Text and Context (1972) por/by Antonia Castañeda Shular, Tomás Yharra-Frausto, and/y Joseph Sommers

REF 810.9868 KAN Hispanic Literature of the United States: A Comprehensive Reference (2003) by Nicolás Kanellos

REF 810.9868 RAM Encyclopedia of Hispanic-American Literature (2008) by Luz Elena Ramirez

REF 860.9 HIS Hispanic Literature Criticism (1999) edited by Susan Salas

REF 980.9 MOS Vol. 1 Latin American Literature and Its Times from World Literature and Its Times: Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them (1999) by Joyce Moss and Lorraine Valestuk