Selena Quintanilla, the “Queen of Tejano Music,” was a famous Hispanic American superstar with deep Mexican roots. Born in ...

With many able-bodied American men off to war, "temporary" Mexican workers are encouraged and permitted to enter the United States to work. In May, the Selective Service Act becomes law ...

Through the Mexican American War, the U.S. takes a full half of Mexico's territory by 1848. Over seventy thousand Mexicans are caught in a strange land and many become American citizens.