Description: The Latino Project records

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Corporate Author:	Latino Project (Philadelphia) (Creator)
Collection:	The Latino Project Records
Collection Number:	MSS117
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects and Genres:	Affirmative action programs > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia. Civil rights > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia. Diaz, Luis P., 1948- Education, Bilingual > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia. Hispanic American lawyers > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia. Hispanic Americans > Civil rights. Hispanic Americans > Employment. Hispanic Americans > Services for. Hispanic Coalition for Better Health Services (Philadelphia, Pa.). Hispanics for an Accurate Survey Coalition (Philadelphia, Pa.). Mental health services > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Politics and government > 20th century. Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia. Public interest law > Pennylvania > Philadelphia. Puerto Ricans > Mental health services > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia. Puerto Ricans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Economic conditions. Puerto Ricans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions. Volunteers in Service to America.
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Physical Description:	11.2 Linear feet 11.2 linear feet, 29 boxes
Summary:	The Latino Project, headed by attorney Luis P. Diaz, was a non-profit legal assistance and public advocacy organization that provided representation to Spanish-speaking groups and interests in Greater Philadelphia area. Until its demise in 1984, The Latino Project was particularly concerned with protecting and developing employment opportunities in the public and private sectors under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which forbade job discrimination on the basis of national origin) and providing legal representation under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (which forbade the exclusion of Latinos from participating in any federally assisted program and required such programs to affirmatively benefit Puerto Ricans and other Spanish-speaking people). This collection consists of the files of the Latino Project from the mid-1970s through 1982. Included are correspondence, memoranda, minutes, grant applications, clippings, newsletters, and other items pertaining to the work of the project and its executive director, advisory board, and staff. Of special interest are legal case files and court proceedings documenting a number of discrimination cases involving the employment of Puerto Ricans and Latinos in Philadelphia. The files also reflect the organization's interest in bilingual education, expanding educational and employment opportunities for Hispanics, and in improving the delivery of general health care and mental health services for Spanish-speaking clients.

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11.2 Linear feet 11.2 linear feet, 29 boxes

Summary:

The Latino Project, headed by attorney Luis P. Diaz, was a non-profit legal assistance and public advocacy organization that provided representation to Spanish-speaking groups and interests in Greater Philadelphia area. Until its demise in 1984, The Latino Project was particularly concerned with protecting and developing employment opportunities in the public and private sectors under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (which forbade job discrimination on the basis of national origin) and providing legal representation under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (which forbade the exclusion of Latinos from participating in any federally assisted program and required such programs to affirmatively benefit Puerto Ricans and other Spanish-speaking people). This collection consists of the files of the Latino Project from the mid-1970s through 1982. Included are correspondence, memoranda, minutes, grant applications, clippings, newsletters, and other items pertaining to the work of the project and its executive director, advisory board, and staff. Of special interest are legal case files and court proceedings documenting a number of discrimination cases involving the employment of Puerto Ricans and Latinos in Philadelphia. The files also reflect the organization's interest in bilingual education, expanding educational and employment opportunities for Hispanics, and in improving the delivery of general health care and mental health services for Spanish-speaking clients.

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