MANA de Kansas City Collection

A Mexican American model places her hands on her hips and stands sideways to the audience on the runway as she smiles during a Moda Latina Show. A banner hangs on the wall up by the ceiling that reads...

The models, mostly Mexican American and one African American, begin their bow at one end of the line during a Moda Latina Show. A banner hangs on the wall up by the ceiling that reads, "MANA De Kansas...

Eight models, mostly Mexican American and one African American, bend with their arms extended toward the runway during a Moda Latina Show. The audience, seated at long banquet tables, is visible in...

Mexican American female models descend the stairs from the runway during the first Moda Latina Show, Arcadian Hall, in Overland Park, Kansas. The audience is visible in front of and behind the models.

Mexican American female models descend the stairs from the runway during the first Moda Latina Show, Arcadian Hall, in Overland Park, Kansas. The audience is visible in front of and behind the models.

Six models, mostly Mexican American and one African American, stand next to a DJ's table during a Moda Latina Show. The audience, sitting in chairs, is visible in the foreground of the photograph. The...

The models, mostly Mexican American and on African American, stand in a line looking to the left during a Moda Latina Show. A banner hangs on the wall up by the ceiling that reads, "MANA De Kansas...

The models, mostly Mexican American with one African American, wave to the audience as they stand arms length away for each other on stage during a Moda Latina Show. A banner hangs on the wall up by...

A Mexican American family, father, mother, and teenage daughter stand to the left of Carolyn Ruiz, a Mexican American woman who is handing an award to the daughter at an unknown MANA de Kansas City...

Nearly every seat at the tables are filled with Mexican American men and women and families eating at Herrera's Tenderloin Grill at 900 Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri.

Nine Mexican American women stand in a line against a wall during an unknown MANA de Kansas City event. A audiovisual screen is on the wall behind them and a banner that reads MANA De Kansas City. A...

Nine Mexican American women stand together in a line against a wall for a photograph during an unknown MANA de Kansas City event. Each woman holds a single white rose.

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.

A group of older Mexican American women stand in front of a Christmas tree and look at sheets of paper they hold in their hands as they perform at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City holiday event at...

One unidentified white man stands with his arms around two Mexican American women, Grace Marion to his left, and Sally Ramos to his right, as Esther Valladolid Wolf, is standing on the right of the...

The panelists begin to arrive during the Hispanic Family in the Year 2000: Parents in Action conference as Maria Antonio, a Cuban American woman and television journalist, and Dr. Agapito Mendoza...

Patricia Lopez and Evelyn Lopez, both Mexican American women, stand together at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event and smile at the camera. They both wear name tags.

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...

A Mexican American family and three Mexican American men sit at three tables in Herrera's Tenderloin Grill, a restaurant at 900 Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri.

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.

People make their way through the buffet line during an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event. The woman farthest to the right side of the photograph is Delmira Quarles. Next to her is DaLinda...

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.