MANA de Kansas City Collection

Three Mexican American women and a couple stand on a balcony talking during an unknown MANA de Kansas City event.

A Mexican American woman attending the MANA de Kansas City booth, Carolyn Ruiz, bends to hand a basketball to a Mexican American boy waiting in line to shoot baskets for prizes. Another Mexican...

Pete Rodriquez laughs and Bea Marie Mejia smiles, a Mexican American man and woman, as Pete holds a wrapped gift and they bother smile at the camera in an auditorium at an unidentified MANA de Kansas...

A photograph of a Mexican American newspaper clipping photograph about the first Moda Latina Show, Arcadian Hall, in Overland Park, Kansas and three Mexican American women who were involved. Below the...

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

The face of an unidentified white woman pianist above the back of a piano as she looks intently at the music at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event. The profile of the seated audience is behind...

A Hispanic male politician, possibly Elias Garcia, stands behind a lectern and raises both arms on Hispanic Day on the Hill in the Kansas Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas. A painting of Don Quixote...

A Mexican American family stand together at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event and smile at the camera. There is a woman on the left in a sleeveless red sweater. Next is a man wearing a black...

A Mexican American family stand together at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event and smile at the camera. The woman on the left, Socorro Zamora, wears a sleeveless red sweater. Next is a man...

A Mexican American woman, Rachel Estada, holds a microphone as she stands behind a lectern and speaks to a crowd at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City awards dinner. Bea Marie Mejia stands behind her...

Rebecca H. Jaramillo and Marguerite Martinez, Mexican American women, show the Community Service Awards they received during the event. A flower arrangement is between them on the table behind them. A...

Two Mexican American women stand in front of a window discussing the program for the event during an unknown MANA de Kansas City event. A table filled with refreshments and punch is in front of the...

Mexican American retirees, a Mexican American woman and child sit as the younger Mexican American women stand in the back during the Posada del Sol Christmas party for retirees.

Mexican American female retirees stand around a piano and sing during a Posada del Sol Christmas party for retirees. The woman playing piano has her back to the camera.

A Mexican American man, Kansas City, Kansas Councilman Richard Ruiz, stands behind a lectern with a microphone on it and speaks during Community Services Award event at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center...

Rosario Gomez and Mary Lona, two Mexican American women, stand together and smile at the camera at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event. Both wear name tags. Rosario wears blue satin and Mary...

Rose Vest and Teresa Rodriguez, both Mexican American women, smile at the camera at an unidentified MANA de Kansas City event at Posada del Sol. This may be a holiday event since Rose has Christmas...

A Mexican American woman, Rose Vest, who is a member of MANA de Kansas City visits the Los Alamos National Laboratory booth during the MANA Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She holds two...

A Mexican American woman, Rose Vest, stands behind a lectern with a microphone on it and speaks during Community Services Award event at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri. A sign...

Rosie Chavez, a Mexican American woman, speaks into a microphone on the panelists' table during the Hispanic Family in the Year 2000: Parents in Action conference. Father Richard Vogt, a white male...

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

Rows of Mexican American woman sit inside the Kansas Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas for Hispanic Day on the Hill.

Two Mexican American women, Sally Ramos and Mary Quiroz, sit and laugh during Community Services Award event at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri. A sign on the front of the...

A Mexican American woman, Sally Ramos, laughs as she stands behind a lectern with a microphone on it during Community Services Award event at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri. A...

A Mexican American woman, Sally Ramos, looks at a piece of paper as she stands and sings beside a woman seated and playing a piano with her right side to the photographer during the Posada del Sol...