Museo de las Americas exhibit honors Pachuco culture

Museo de las Americas exhibit honors Pachuco culture

By Sonia Gutierrez – 9News.com – Video Capture: 9 News. An exhibit at Museo de las Americas celebrates the unique fashion and language of the Pachuco culture of the 1930s and 1940s.  The “Pachuco y Sieranas exhibit,” which started in February...
TEXANA READS: ‘Raza’ grew up in two cultures, shared a language

TEXANA READS: ‘Raza’ grew up in two cultures, shared a language

By Dr. Manuel Flores, Texana Reads – Caller.com – Photo: Contributed | Texana Reads. “Órale carnal (What’s up brother?)” That greeting was common among many South Texan Mexican American and Tejano men most of the 20th century. It isn’t Spanish or Tex-Mex....
Video: The history of El Paso’s Pachuco culture

Video: The history of El Paso’s Pachuco culture

By ElPaso411.com – Photo Not Credited. We’ve all heard people call El Paso Chucotown or just Chuco.  If you walked down the streets of El Paso, Texas, in 1942, you probably wouldn’t think much of a man wearing an oversized suit and fedora hat. The style was...