Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the cultures and histories of people with heritage from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. It's also a way to honor the many achievements and contributions by Hispanic people in the United States and around the world. Here are some ways to mark the occasion with books, recipes, music, and more!

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino advances the representation, understanding and appreciation of Latino history and culture in the United States. The museum provides resources and collaborates with other museums to expand scholarly research, public programs, digital content, collections and more. The museum operates its Molina Family Latino Gallery, the Smithsonian’s first gallery dedicated to the Latino experience, at the National Museum of American History.

Hispanic Heritage Month is not only a time for those of Hispanic and Latino descent to celebrate their cultural roots but also an occasion for people from all backgrounds to learn, appreciate, and celebrate the rich tapestry of Hispanic and Latino cultures.

In this webinar, LFJ Senior Writer Coshandra Dillard and former Teaching and Learning Specialist Stef Bernal-Martinez will share stories and strategies for teaching Afro-Latinx history and doing it justice. 

Latinx History Is Black History, will clarify the confusion between race and ethnicity, provide a historical primer on Afro-Latinx identities and review resources for teaching Elizabeth Acevedo’s poem “Afro-Latina,” which beautifully illustrates this intersectional identity. 
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Learning for Justice is a community education program of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that cultivates and nurtures dialogue, learning, reflection and action from those closest to and harmed most by injustices in the South. 

Hispanic Heritage Month is an important opportunity to highlight the contributions of LGBTQ Hispanic and Latinx* individuals to Hispanic and Latinx culture.

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Learning for Justice

This bilingual resource serves middle and high school teachers and students as well as lifelong learners. 

Our Journeys/Our Stories: Portraits of Latino Achievement explores the diversity of the Latino experience in its portrayal of a group of extraordinary men and women and the stories they tell. Like the exhibition, this companion book combines personal narratives, portraits, and dichos, or traditional sayings, to provide an inspirational, illustrated anthology of Latino accomplishments across generations.

Latino Cultures in the US

Be inspired by the contributions and experiences of Latinos in the US

This toolkit includes messaging framework, insightful datasets, and a full suite of branding and communications materials to prepare your activations for the Hispanic Heritage Month.