Drunk Driving Laws Date to 1910
New York led the way in passing the first laws against drunk driving. The year was 1910. At first, the methods used by a police officer to check for drunkenness […]
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Rock ‘N’ Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip–New Book Presents Iconic Billboards
In the early days of rock ‘n’ roll, before MTV and the Internet, iTunes and Spotify, record companies began to gravitate to advertising their musical groups on billboards along Los
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Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzáles (1928-2005): Poet and Activist
- Professional Boxer
- Poet
- Leader in the movement for justice and equality for Mexican-Americans in the Southwest
Rodolfo Gonzáles was born in Denver, Colorado, the youngest of eight children. His mother died when he was two so the children grew up in a household with only their father. The family lived in a tough section of town, Denver’s “Eastside Barrio.”
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Gus Arriola and The Comic Strip Character of Gordo
Gordo, the comic strip character featured in newspapers for 44 years, was created by artist Gus Arriola (1917-2008). In the cartoon, Gordo started out as a bean farmer in Mexico,
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First American Woman to Build a Cosmetics Empire: Harriet Hubbard Ayer
How many innovative and important women from the late 19th and early 20th century remain in the shadows of history?
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First Hispanic Governor of California: Romualdo Pacheco, Jr.
Governor (Jose Antonio) Romualdo Pacheco, Jr. (1831-1899) American politician and diplomat Only Hispanic (thus far) to serve as Governor of California First Hispanic representative of a state in Congress (Hispanics
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