Celebrations and Holidays - Denver

Group of young kids rehearse for Los Posadas, a traditional Mexican Advent Christmas celebration, at the Centro Cultural

Large Denver celebration of Mexican Independence Day, 09-16-1969

Crowd gathers to listen to music during Cinco de Mayo festival, organized by the West Side Coalition, Lincoln Park/La Alma neighborhood, 1973

Article "Chicano Liberation Day Demonstration" by Ricky A. Kemm on Denver's celebrations for the day, which are not a "cultural carnival" but rather more political, 09-22-1975

Mexican Americans performing a traditional dance at a Mexican Independence Day celebration at the Colorado Grange Building in Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver (c. 1968)

A group of Chicano children with a piñata at a party, Denver, c. 1970s

Chicanos and African Americans march on 32nd Ave. in Denver to commemorate Mexican Independence Day (09-16-1969)

Article showing the Chicano Days celebrations schedules at the University of Colorado Denver in April 1970

Article in student newspaper Cherry Creek Pioneer - Metro State with pictures of the annual Mexican Independence Day and the National Chicano Day of Protest in 1976  

Article in the Fourth Estate--University of Colorado Denver, on a three day celebration of Cinco de Mayo, emphasizing Chicano culture and food with documentaries, music, theatre, and workshops 05-03-1972