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David Hayes-Bautista in Radio Bilingüe: “True Origins of Cinco de Mayo – A Repeat.”


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As scholar David Hayes-Bautista explains in his book “The Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition,” the holiday was originally created by Latinos in California in the mid-nineteenth century. It was fueled by a feeling of enthusiastic support for both the Union Army in the US Civil War against the Confederacy’s slave states, and for the…

As scholar David Hayes-Bautista explains in his book “The Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition,” the holiday was originally created by Latinos in California in the mid-nineteenth century. It was fueled by a feeling of enthusiastic support for both the Union Army in the US Civil War against the Confederacy’s slave states, and for the resistance of the young Mexican Republic against the French invasion. Californios were united in their opposition to white supremacy in both the US and Mexico.