Historical Events:
for November
| 1993-11-02: |
Rosales Elected to Saginaw Board of Education |
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Minerva Rosales elected to Saginaw Board of Education Source: Mi Gente; March 1, 1999 |
| 1993-11-02: |
Soza becomes first elected Chicano to Saginaw city council |
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Juan Jose Martinez, Detroit, elected to the Detroit Board of Education, the largest public school system in Michigan Source: Daniel Soza elected to Saginaw City Council Additional Information: http://www.politicalgraveyard.com |
| 1994-11-02: |
Martinez Elected to Detroit Board of Education |
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Juan Jose Martinez, Detroit, elected to the Detroit Board of Education, the largest public school system in Michigan Source: Mi Gente; August 1, 1999 |
| 1998-11-03: |
First elected Hispanic to Michigan Legislature |
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Valdemar Garcia of St. John’s becomes first Hispanic elected to State of Michigan House of Representatives for the 86th district Additional Information: http://www.politicalgraveyard.com |
| 1998-11-03: |
Torres elected to Wayne County judgeship |
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Isidore Torres of Detroit wins 3rd Circuit Wayne County judgeship and continues to win in successive elections up to 2001 Additional Information: http://www.politicalgraveyard.com |
| 1997-11-03: |
MSU Latino Research Center Receives $25,000 Grant |
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MSU’s Julian Samora Research Institute, one of 35 such organizations in the US, receives $25,000 planning grant from Fund for Rural America to establish a research center for rural Latinos Source: MSU State News; November 6, 1997 |
| 2000-11-07: |
Five Hispanics re-elected to state and local positions |
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8th District Representative Belda Garza (D-Wayne) and Representative Valde Garcia (R-St. Johns) reelected to their respective Michigan Legislative seats. Also reelected were Judge Maria L. Oxholm (36th District Court) and Richard Garcia (Probate Court of Lansing) along with Dorothy Gonzales to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees Source: Mi Gente; November 15, 2000 |
| 1999-11-09: |
Mendoza named “Michigan Artist of Year” |
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Nora Chapa Mendoza, reknown West Bloomfield artist, receives Governor’s Michigan Artist Award as “Michigan Artist of the Year” Source: Artists’ factsheet |
| 1932-11-15: |
Repatriations of Mexicans/Mexican-Americans to Mexico begins in Detroit |
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432 citizens and Mexican nationals, “Los Repatriados,” are deported to Mexico by the Michigan Welfare Department in Detroit during the Depression
Source: Proletarians of the North,” Vargas, Zaragoza; Univ. of California Press. 1993 |
| 1973-11-20: |
Delma Lopez named to Lansing Housing Commission |
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Delma Lopez of Lansing becomes first Mexican American member of the Lansing Housing Commission and serves for over 25 years in that spot Source: Mi Gente; December 1, 1998 |
| 1932-11-20: |
Repatriations to Mexico continue in other Michigan cities |
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430 citizens and Mexican nationals are deported to Mexico from Saginaw Source: Proletarians of the North: Vargas, Zaragoza; Univ. of California Press. 1993 |
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