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Latino Americans

Latino Americans

"Latino Americans" is the first major documentary series for television to chronicle the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have helped shape North America over the last 500-plus years and have become, with more than 50 million people, the largest minority group in the U.S.

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Episode 3: War and Peace Trailer
3:46
Service during the war allows Latinos to make unprecedented gains in civil rights
Latino Americans - Series Preview
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LATINO AMERICANS is a three-part, six-hour documentary series that airs Sept. 17 at 8pm
Episode 6: Peril and Promise Trailer
3:23
From Cuba a second wave of refugees to United States – the Mariel exodus – floods Miami
Episode 5: Prejudice and Pride Trailer
3:23
In the 1960s and 1970s a generation of Mexican Americans build a new "Chicano" identity
Episode 4: The New Latinos Trailer
3:05
New waves of immigration bring people from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic
Episode 1: Foreigners in Their Own Land Trailer
2:11
Manifest Destiny pushes the U.S west into the Mexican territories of the South West
Episode 2: Empire of Dreams Trailer
2:37
Widespread immigration to the U.S. from Latin countries begins.
Latino Americans Series Teaser
1:30
LATINO AMERICANS is a three-part, six-hour documentary series that airs Sept. 17 at 8pm
Latino Americans Promo
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Latino Americans airs beginning September 17, 2013 @ 8pm
Lila Downs: Pastures of Plenty My Land is Your Land Medley
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Lila Downs performs her song, Pastures of Plenty/My Land is Your Land Medley
Spanish American War
4:21
In 1898 the U.S. declares war on Spain after a blast destroys the battleship, USS Maine
The Alamo
1:51
Santa Anna laid siege to the Alamo and the Tejano defenses. All 189 men were killed
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