Centro Cultural (Denver, Colo.)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1968 - 1971
Sources
B105.02.0001.0005 - Statement of Purpose
Biography
AKA- Centro-Cultural or El Centro
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
American Jewish Committee, Colorado Chapter, El Centro Cultural Project Records
Collection
Identifier: B105
Abstract
The American Jewish Committee is an ethnic advocacy group established in New York in 1906. The Denver office of the AJC opened in 1967 and closed in 2013. This collection primarily contains the records of the El Centro Cultural Project from the Colorado Chapter. The joint project between the Jews and the "Chicanos" existed from 1968 to 1971 when it was discontinued due to financial difficulties and inter-group differences. Hispanic art and culture was emphasized. The opening of the center...
Dates:
1968-1973
Interfamilia Proposal, between 1968-1971
File
Identifier: B105.02.0001.0020
Scope and Contents
Centro Cultural proposal for student exchange between Mexican-Americans in Denver and Jefferson County. Also, letter from YMCA of Metropolitan Denver, Denver Youth Coalition, regarding cultural visit to Mexico for a student from Denver.
Dates:
between 1968-1971
Filtered By
- Subject: Multiculturalism X
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 1
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday) 1
- Hispanic American arts 1
- Hispanic Americans 1
- Intergroup relations 1