Former Washington Post shares story of how Hispanic History Month came to be . " Lopez pushed the idea in 1988 while working for Congressional Hispanic Caucus . Well , why would we do that ? Lopez faced resistance from Congress but kept working for passage of the bill . ` ` You ca n't really understand American history without understanding Latino history ''
Former Washington Post shares story of how Hispanic History Month came to be . " Lopez pushed the idea in 1988 while working for Congressional Hispanic Caucus . Lopez faced resistance from Congress but kept working for passage of the bill . ` ` You ca n't really understand American history without understanding Latino history ''