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Dear Readers,
S an Diego Latino Legacy, Timeline-Milestones-Stories is a salute to our community’s Latino heritage, accomplishments and future.
The purpose of this online book aligns with the Union-Tribune’s fundamental mission: to spread knowledge and build understanding within the communities we serve.
While our daily journalism focuses on current events, we recognize that without the context of history, our work is incomplete. We are proud to be able to help underwrite this project, which will be accessible at no cost to the general public, including educators, students and parents. San Diego Latino Legacy tells the story of our region’s Latino community, its history as a people colonized in place by Mexico’s surrender of half its territory to the U.S. in 1848, its civil rights movement, and notable people and events of today. The chapters are written from the perspective of community members and include dozens of videos featuring San Diegans who have made and witnessed history. These are stories that need to be told – and heard. The events of the last year and a half have brought a new awareness of the roots of inequity within the American story. Yet, even with that reckoning, too little is known of America’s Latino story. What better place to deepen our understanding and celebrate that legacy than in California’s first city?
We hope San Diego Latino Legacy will serve as a tool to build knowledge, foster understanding and bring people together.
Our staff provided support and feedback to the project’s volunteers. The editorial decisions, the vision and the credit for this project belong to the Latino Legacy Foundation.
Jeff Light Editor & Publisher The San Diego Union-Tribune October 14, 2021 Editor’s Note: Mr. Light left the UT July 2023 Updated: April 2, 2024
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