MANA de Kansas City Collection

Grace Marion, a Mexican American woman, stands behind a podium on the floor in front of a stage and speaks into a microphone during an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event. A banner that hangs on...

Graciela Couchonnal, a Mexican American woman, sits at the panelists table and speaks into a microphone she is holding in both hands at the Hispanic Family in the Year 2000: Parents in Action event...

A close-up head-shot photograph of a Mexican American woman, Freda Mendez-Smith, wearing a navy blue pinstriped jacket during the first Moda Latina Show, Arcadian Hall, in Overland Park, Kansas.

John Fierro, a Mexican American man, sits at the panelists table and listens as Hope Zapien speaks into a microphone she is holding during the Hispanic Family in the Year 2000: Parents in Action event...

A Mexican American woman, Irma Maldonado, MANA national president, leans forward as she stands to speak into the microphone on top of a lectern during the MANA board installations for 1989.

In a blurred photograph, Juana "Janie" Perkins stands behind a lectern and speaks into the microphone during Hispanic Day on the Hill in the Kansas Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas. A Mexican...

Julia Zapata Dye, a Mexican American woman, speaks into a microphone on the panelists' table during the Hispanic Family in the Year 2000: Parents in Action conference.

Kathy Quinn, a Mexican American female television journalist, smiles as she stands behind the lectern atop a table at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City awards dinner. The front of the lectern reads...

Kathy Quinn, a Mexican American female television journalist, looks to her right as she speaks into a microphone she holds with her right hand at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City awards dinner. The...

Kathy Quinn, a Mexican American female television journalist, holds a microphone as she is speaking at unknown MANA de Kansas City event. A banner hangs behind the speaker's table that reads, "MANA de...

Kathy Quinn, center, a Mexican American television journalist and keynote speaker, visits with unidentified Mexican American women at unknown MANA de Kansas City event.

A Mexican American man looks over the baked goods at Herrera's Tenderloin Grill, 900 Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri. A honeycomb crepe paper ice cream cone hangs in the window behind the...

A unidentified white man clasps his hands as he stands and speaks during an unknown MANA de Kansas City event. Balloons and a rainbow are painted on the glass wall behind him. He wears a KAMB Kansas...

A Mexican American man spreads his arms wide as he bends slightly to stand behind and speak into a microphone during an unknown MANA de Kansas City event.

Manny Lopez closes his eyes and spreads his hands and fingers wide as he speaks from behind a lectern at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City community service awards dinner.

Maria Antonia, a Cuban American female KMBC Channel 9 television news anchor, speaks at an unknown event at the Kaufmann Foundation. A Mexican American female audience member is in the foreground...

Maria Antonia, a Cuban American female KMBC Channel 9 television news anchor, rests her hand on her hip as she is speaking to tables of seated Mexican American women at an unknown event at the...

Maria Antonia, a Cuban American female KMBC Channel 9 television news anchor, spreads her arms wide as she is speaking at unknown event at the Kaufmann Foundation.

Maria Antonia, a Cuban American woman and television journalist, applauds as she sits at a panelist table behind a microphone. The banner hanging on the wall behind her reads in English and Spanish...

Mary Estrada, a Mexican American woman, stands behind and speaks into the microphone as she holds a large plaque under her arm during an unknown MANA de Kansas City event.

A Mexican American woman, Mary Lou Jaramillo, stands by a Christmas tree and looks down to read from a card she's holding in her hands during the Posada del Sol Christmas party for retirees. Other...

A Mexican American child wears a sombrero, colorful bead necklaces and a big smile at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event.

A young Mexican American girl, with her face painted, stands holding a maraca in front of a display table with a banner that reads, "The Whole Person. Soaring thru Silence" at an unidentified MANA de...

An unidentified Mexican American woman smiles at the camera as she stands to the side of a tablet on a easel and points to a red heart at an unknown event at the Kaufmann Foundation. At the top of the...

A Mexican American woman wearing a sombrero and holding a maraca leans across a display table for "The Whole Person. Soaring thru Silence" at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event. Hispanic...