The Hispanic population in North Carolina has grown to over 1.1 million people today, representing around 11% of the state's total population. One of the fastest-growing demographics in the United States, Hispanic voters and leaders have played a significant role in the political process. As the 2024 election approaches, we shine a light on the role of these leaders in shaping our country's history and explore the issues important to Hispanic voters today.
To better understand NC's new Voter ID laws, check out our Voter ID Guide from Democracy NC, available in English and Spanish, and more election resources.
Examine the priorities of a politically diverse Latino electorate in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election in some of the most hotly contested battleground states, including Arizona, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania as well as California and Florida.
Watch the Latino Vote 2024 Tuesday, 10/22, 10 PM on PBS NC. Streaming now on the PBS app.
On the eve of the upcoming presidential election, acclaimed filmmaker Hector Galán takes viewers inside the largest Latino voter registration mobilization in Texas history, led by a new generation on the frontlines of a growing swing state that neither political party can ignore.
Watch Our Texas, Our Vote Monday, 10/28, 10 PM on PBS NC and the PBS app.
With intimate and unprecedented access, Peter Bratt's Dolores tells the story of Dolores Huerta, among the most important, yet least-known, activists in American history. Co-founder of the first farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez, she tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the 20th century.
Watch Dolores, streaming now on the PBS app with PBS NC Passport.
Luis Cortes Romero, the first undocumented attorney to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, journeyed from a difficult youth to the highest court in the land as part of a powerful legal team fighting the Administration’s attempt to rescind DACA.
Watch From Here, From There (De Aquí/De Allá), streaming now on the PBS app with PBS NC Passport.
There are many trailblazing Hispanic leaders both past and present who have shaped our country and its culture. Meet three of these pioneering Americans: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, labor leader Cesar Chavez, and civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez.
Watch Hispanic Leaders, streaming now on the PBS app.
Trace the life and legacy of labor activist Cesar Chavez. Through interviews with Maya Angelou, Joan Baez, Carlos Santana and more, see how music and the arts were instrumental to the success of the social movement Chavez helped found, which mobilized thousands of farmworkers across the U.S.
Watch A Song for Cesar, streaming now on the PBS app.
Legendary U.S. anthropologist Dr. Clyde Snow sets out to train a new group of Latin American students in the use of forensic anthropology. Their goal: to investigate disappearances in Argentina during the “dirty war." The group expands its horizons, traveling to El Salvador, Bolivia and Mexico, doggedly working behind the scenes to establish the facts for the families of the victims.
Explore the historic 1968 “Walkouts” when tens of thousands of Mexican American and Chicano students walked out of five East Los Angeles high schools, protesting academic prejudice, dire school conditions, and demanding systemic reform. Oscar Zeta Acosta emerges as the main spokesman and celebrity attorney for the mushrooming “Brown Power” movement, defending the jailed organizers of the revolt.
Watch The Chicano Rights Movement, streaming now on the PBS app.
Jovita Idar (1885-1946) helped organize the first Mexican American civil rights conference in 1911 to address racism, lynching, and dismal educational opportunities for Mexican American children.
Watch Jovita Idar: Mexican American Activist and Journalist, streaming now on the PBS app.
Filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes wants to document Sansón's story, an immigrant serving life in prison. Unable to film Sansón, the documentary creatively shares his narrative through reenactments of his letters, featuring his own family as actors.
Watch Sansón and Me, streaming now on the PBS app.
Explore Oscar Zeta Acosta’s brief stint as a legal aid attorney in Oakland, California’s poverty program in 1966, and his commitment to battling social injustice and racial/economic discrimination on behalf of the underprivileged. After a mental breakdown, depressed, and hooked on meds, Acosta leaves Oakland, California for Aspen, Colorado in search for his self-identity.
Watch Social Justice Attorney, streaming now on the PBS app.
Find information about Election Day, early voting, deadlines for voter registration in North Carolina and more.
PBS North Carolina has invited major party candidates to a one-on-one interview with State Lines host and executive producer Kelly McCullen.
Candidates for the North Carolina Court of Appeals and North Carolina Supreme Court discuss their background and why they're running with PBS NC's Kelly McCullen.
Democracy NC has prepared this reference list of acceptable IDs, and what to do if you don’t have one of the approved IDs.
Democracy NC preparó esta lista de referencia de las identificaciones aceptadas, y qué hacer si usted no cuenta con una de las ID aprobadas.
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