Enedina Cisneros is a specialty producer for ABC 10News.
SAN DIEGO — There's a lot of weight carried by the word 'Hispanic.' It's sometimes mistakenly used interchangeably with other terms, like Latino .As ABC 10 News brings you coverage of Hispanic Heritage Month , we wanted to understand where the word comes from and the history behind the month-long celebration of the community.In 1968, then-President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed the week of Sept. 16 as National Hispanic Heritage Week.
Ramona Perez explained to 10News in 2023 that around the time of the first proclamation, the idea of the U.S. being a melting pot of cultures was being disrupted and challenged. 'The origin of Hispanic Heritage Month actually derives from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s,' Dr. Perez said. 'The United States was really coming to grips with its diversity... We wanted to become a nation of immigrants, a nation that embraced its diversity and saw the power in that diversity.
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