Latino Project records

Latino Project records

[Box 6, Folder 14: US Department of Education - Brief]

Affirmative action programs > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.

Civil rights > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.

Education, Bilingual > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.

Hispanic American lawyers > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.

Mental health services > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.

Philadelphia (Pa.) > Politics and government > 20th century.

Public interest law > Pennylvania > Philadelphia.

Puerto Ricans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Economic conditions.

Puerto Ricans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.

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.

Latino Project (Philadelphia)

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

MSS117