MANA de Kansas City Collection

A Mexican American man helps an older Mexican American woman make her way through a buffet line at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City holiday event at Posada del Sol. The line continues behind them...

A Mexican American woman speaks into a microphone attached to a podium that sits atop a table while five other Mexican American women sit or stand behind the table at an unidentified MANA banquet...

Many Mexican Americans sit around tables and in booths at a Kansas City, Missouri restaurant called Manny's during a Mother's Day celebration.

Four Mexican American women are standing behind a round dining table. Two are trying to talk to each other even though they are separated and bend toward each other as if they may not be able to hear...

Mexican America men and women dine at tables at an unknown MANA de Kansas City event.

A Mexican American woman stands behind a lectern on a long table with other Mexican American women sitting at the table or standing behind it at an unknown MANA de Kansas City event. A banner hangs...

Mexican American men and women dine at long banquet tables at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City awards dinner. The camera has caught one man with his eyes closed.

Mexican American men and women dine at long banquet tables at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City awards dinner. Freda Mendez-Smith is on the farthest right side of the photograph.

A table of Mexican American men and women dine together at a banquet at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City awards dinner. Grace Marion sits at the upper left-hand corner of the table and Manny Lopez...

Lines of Mexican American women make their way through a buffet line as seven Mexican American men sit at a long table waiting for their turn to go through the line at an unidentified MANA de Kansas...

A Mexican American couple get a video camera ready as they sit at a banquet table with another couple at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City awards dinner. Estella Morales has her back to the camera...

Two long tables with green or red tablecloths and snowman napkins have many Mexican American men and women sharing a holiday meal together at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event at Posada del...

Mexican American men and women sit at a long table eating desserts at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event at Posada del Sol. One woman, Sally Ramos, looks up at the camera and smiles as she...

Older Mexican American men and women sit at a long table and eat a meal together at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City holiday event at Posada del Sol. The woman farthest to the left wears a name tag...

Mexican American women make their way through a buffet line at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City holiday event at Posada del Sol.

Mexican American women make their way through a buffet at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City holiday event at Posada del Sol. Mary Lou Jaramillo holds a glass above the punch bowl. The woman farthest...

Older Mexican American men and women talk over a long table filled with food as they go through a holiday buffet line at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City holiday event at Posada del Sol.

Mexican American men and women patrons of the Menudo dinner at Herrera's Tenderloin Grill in Kansas City, Missouri are seated at tables in the restaurant and the Mexican American women who are helping...

Mexican American women and one Mexican American man are seated at a long table eating as people begin to arrive for the MANA de Kansas City mole dinner for the Mattie Rhodes Center. Another long table...

Mexican American women, men, and children go through the buffet line or wait in line to go through the buffet line during the MANA Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Mexican American men and women go through the buffet line during an unidentified MANA de Kansas City holiday event at Posada del Sol.

Mexican American men and women and a few white men and women line up in a buffet line at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City holiday event at Posada del Sol.

Mexican American men, women, and children make their way through the buffet line at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event at Posada del Sol.

A photograph of people dining at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City awards dinner.

Seven Mexican American women sit at a banquet table finishing their meals at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City awards dinner. Other banquet participants can be seen seated at their tables behind...