Hispanic Heritage Month

Why does Hispanic Heritage Month begin on September 15th?

Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated in what country?

Who was the first Latino inducted into the US Baseball Hall of Fame?

____________________ lyrical talent, love of traditional Broadway tunes, and fondness for hip hop helped catapult his musical to new heights and earned him a Pulitzer Prize, two Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, a MacArthur Fellowship, and multiple Tony Awards.

_______________ became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on the nine-day STS-56 mission aboard the space shuttle Discovery. She would go on to venture to space four times. She was first Hispanic director and only its second female director.

__________________ was one of the most beloved baseball players in the history of the sport thanks to his strong batting average and philanthropic efforts off the field. The Puerto Rican right fielder became the first Latin American and Caribbean player to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame after his untimely death in 1972.

_____________ was the first Latina to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Westside Story.