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The Black Mexican President
It is #MexicanIndependenceDay.
What a wonderful day to talk about Africans in Mexico, to talk about Vicente Guerrero — the Afro-Mexican President.
- He abolished slavery
- He gave rights to the indigenous people of Mexico
He was executed for it.
It is #MexicanIndependenceDay.
What a wonderful day to talk about Africans in Mexico, to talk about Vicente Guerrero — the Afro-Mexican President.
- He abolished slavery
- He gave rights to the indigenous people of Mexico
He was executed for it.
Wakanda in Mexico?
Vicente Guerrero: The first Afro-Mexican President of the Americas
"His presidency championed the cause of Mexico's common people, and abolished slavery on a NATIONAL level."
themazatlanpost.com/2020/06/22/vic…
#AfroMexicans
Vicente Guerrero: The first Afro-Mexican President of the Americas
"His presidency championed the cause of Mexico's common people, and abolished slavery on a NATIONAL level."
themazatlanpost.com/2020/06/22/vic…
#AfroMexicans
1819; the Spaniards sent Guerrero's father to plead for an end to his rebellion.
The response: "Compañeros, this old man is my father. He comes to offer me rewards in the name of Spain. I have always respected my father but my homeland comes first."
The response: "Compañeros, this old man is my father. He comes to offer me rewards in the name of Spain. I have always respected my father but my homeland comes first."
Today commemorates 200 years of Mexican Independence. Arizonans have celebrated #MexicanIndependenceDay since 1821, throwing large parades and parties called "Fiestas Patrias". 1/
This is a photograph from 1920 of the Mexican Independence Day queen and her court riding on a float during a parade in #Tucson.
📷: 69791, Mexican Heritage Project
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📷: 69791, Mexican Heritage Project
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Read more about Mexican Independence Day on our blog. #HispanicHeritageMonth
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Chicago police are blocking all southbound traffic on Michigan Ave. at Ohio St. as hundreds of people in their cars take to the streets to celebrate Mexican independence day. Also nearly all exits into the downtown area from LSD are shutdown as well. #Chicago
The bridges are not raised but travel around the downtown area including the Loop and Gold Coast areas are limited. Police are blocking all traffic they can and attempting to move the massive caravan of revelers away from the downtown area. #Chicago
The scene currently in downtown Chicago. #Chicago
