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Discusses legislative history of PA 94-152, an Act Establishing a Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission and Concerning the Definition of "Minority" for Certain Programs

Interior view of La Cueva restaurant located at 9742 E. Colfax Ave in Aurora, Colorado. Owner Norma Nuñez stands behind a booth, her husband, Nabor Nuñez. and a woman identified as Filomena, a senator from Mexico sit in the booth. Arched windows open into another part of the restaurant and clay plaques decorate the walls.

Studio portrait of Henry Solano, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, Denver, Colorado. He sits beside an American flag in a suit and tie, he has a goatee and mustache and wears a cowboy hat. He had previously served as Director of the Colorado Department of Institutions and Active Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections.

Colorado Governor Roy talks with Mexican American Tim Sandos, Denver City Councilman at a political event, probably in Denver, Colorado. Governor Romer wears a suit, tie and eyeglasses. Councilman Sandos wears a cowboy hat, a dark shirt and a bolo tie. He has a flower pinned to his shirt.

View of the abandoned Concilio #16 (sixteen) for La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos in La Garita (Saguache County), Colorado. Shows an adobe building with a low gabled roof, double wooden doors and signs that read: "S.P.M.D.T.U. #16," "La Garita" and "Colorado."

View of the S.P.M.D.T.U. (Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos) emblem carved in 1928 by Jose Lauriano Lopez, then a member of Capulin Concilio #2 in the Concilio Superior Hall, Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The clasped, outstretched hands symbolizes the fraternal bond among members of the S.P.M.D.T.U.).

Ghost image on glass from the framed portrait of Celedonio Mondragon, founder of la Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, this portrait hangs in the Concilio Superior Hall in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado.

Bust portrait of Celedonio Mondragon, founder of la Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, this portrait hangs in the Concilio Superior Hall in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows a man in a suit and tie, he has a full mustache, the letters S.P.M.D.T.U. are on the stripes of a flag behind him.

Members of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos Concilio #19 pose in a park in Alamosa, Colorado. The middle aged and older men are identified left to right as: Larry Romero, Alonzo Lopez, Gene Gonzales, Herman Martinez Jr., Rogelio Briones, Thoma E. Romero, Donald Salazar, Joe L. Trujillo and Antonio (Tony) Martinez. They hold a satin banner decorated with fringe, letters on the banner read: Concilio Numero 19, Alamosa, Colorado."

Members of the Concilio Superior of La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos pose in an office in their hall in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. They are identified, left to right as, Fred Ruybal, James Ruybal, Tony Ruybal, Richard De Herrera and Hermano Thomas E. Romero of Concilio #16 in la Garita Colorado. The elderly Mr. Romero wears a ribbon badge and glasses.

Members of La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, Concilio Superior (#1), pose inside their hall in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. They are identified as Hermano Thomas E. Romero from Concilio # 16, La Garita, Colorado, and Hermanos (left to right) James Ruybal, Fred Ruybal, Tony Ruybal and Richard De Herrera. The elderly Mr. Romero wears a ribbon badge and eyeglasses. Shows a stage in the distance.

Ilse Velásquez, a young girl, poses in a traditional Mexican regional costume at the celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Holy Family Church in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. She wears a hand woven dress decorated with ribbon, a bead necklace and has ribbons woven into her hair.

Members of the American G.I. Forum pose with Vice-President George H. Bush at the G.I. Forum Conference held in Denver, Colorado. Identification (left to right) : Unidentified, Jake Alarid, Vice President Bush, Dr. Hector P. Garcia, founder of the American GI Forum and James Maestas. Three of the men wear American G.I. forum caps.

Vice President Bush holds a press conference at Stapleton Airport upon his arrival to attend the 1992 National GI Forum Conference. James Maestas, representing the American G.I. Forum, is behind and to the right of V.P. Bush.

Painter John Flores, a Chicano artist from Denver, Colorado, poses with paint brushes as he works on a painting.

Molly Nunez, owner of So Loose Fashions, poses in the doorway of her shop probably in Aurora, Colorado. She wears loose pants and a T-shirt. A rack of clothes is nearby.

Molly Nunez, owner of So Loose Fashions, poses for a promotional photograph.

Phil Torres, a elderly Mexican American affectionately known as "The Mayor of Auraria," stands in front of 1033 9th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Torres owned the home which is now part of the 9th Street Historic District on the Auraria Campus. Mr. Torres wears a plaid shirt, hat and eyeglasses. The wood frame house has a covered porch with round pillars and jigsawn and spindle decorations.

The Reverend Joseph Romero poses behind the wheel of his automobile, he is the pastor of Holy Family catholic Church in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. He wears a cap, eyeglasses and a mustache.

Cesar Chavez, greets a member of the Colorado delegation at the United Farm Workers of America Convention in Fresno, California. He has his arm around an unidentified, elderly Mexican American woman. She has white hair, eyeglasses, a floral print dress and a convention ID ribbon. Cesar Chavez wears a plaid shirt.

Father Marshall Gourley, followed by Mike Wilzoch, marches past a vineyard near Fresno, California. The grape boycott demonstration was held in conjunction with the 1975 United Farm Workers of American Convention in Fresno. An unidentified man carries a United Farm Workers flag with the image of an Aztec eagle. United Farm Workers boycott organizers and supporters from across the country, including Colorado, attended the convention.

Interior view of the United Farm Workers of America Convention in Fresno, California. Attendees sit at tables with signs that indicate their union affiliation. Members of the Colorado Boycott staff attended the convention.

Senator Richard Castro speaks to reporters about the Gallo Wine boycott at a press conference held at Super Save Drugs located near West 44th Avenue and North Pecos Street in the Sunnyside neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Mike Wilzoch stands on Castro's left and an unidentified United Farm Workers of America supporter on the right. A man holds a microphone and another a television camera. Castro wears a coat, tie and dark eyeglasses. Wilzoch wears a jacket and has a beard.

United Farm Workers of America (UFW) organizer Jerry Ryan, dressed as "Zeezo" the clown, stands outside a Safeway store in Denver, Colorado. The store was running a promotion with it's own clown to entertain customers. Ryan, dressed as the clown, and another unidentified clown, members of the United Farm Workers of America, hijack the event, they hand out candy and leaflets and picket the store. A sign around Ryan's neck reads: "Safeway Unfair to Farm [Wo]rkers." A sign in the store window reads: "Zeezo the Clown Will Be Here Sat. Oct. 23 3:30 to 6:30 PM. Free ..." Mexican American children are by the clown, one has a balloon with writing that reads: "Boycott Safeway." A woman holds leaflets and holds a sign that reads: "Boy[cott] Safe[way]."

United Farm Workers of America (UFW) supporters picket the Denver City and County building in Denver, Colorado. The picketers protest Judge Robert Cummins' decision to jail UFW coordinator Jerry Ryan for refusing to remove his "Boycott Gallo" button at the beginning of his trial for a prior arrest for picketing. One picket carries a sign with a skull and crossbones that reads: "Cummins drinks Gallo Wine."

State Senator Richard Castro, boycott organizer Mike Wilzoch, boycott director Jerry Ryan, and UFW member Jesús Valderrama hold a press conference near a trailer outside of Super Serve Drugs and Liquors on 44th and Pecos Street in Denver, Colorado. The press conference was to bring attention to Murray Hildebrand's decision to promote Gallo Wine at all of the Super Serve stores in Denver.

Jerry Ryan, with a beard and dark eyeglasses, and Jesús Valderrama, with an umbrella, members of the United Farm Workers Union of America and three supporters stand in front of a trailer in front of the Super Serve Drugs on West 44th (Forty-Fourth) Avenue and North Pecos Street in the Sunnyside neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Ryan was on a ten-day hunger strike to try and persuade the store to stop selling Gallo Wine.

Senator Richard Castro pickets with supporters of the United Farm Workers, who include Jerry Ryan and Mike Wilzoch, in boycott of Gallo Wine at the Pecos Super Serve Drugs at West 44th (Forty-Fourth) Avenue and North Pecos Street in the Sunnyside neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They were waiting to participate in a press conference. A man carries a sign that reads: "United Farm Workers on Strike Please Don't Scab. Huelga! Support the Farm Workers." A sign on the building reads: "Super Serve Drugs."