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MEDIA: “The Surprising Evolution of Cinco de Mayo”

By Olivia B. Waxman
May 3, 2017

Former CSRC director David E. Hayes-Bautista was quoted in an article discussing the historic origin of Cinco de Mayo based on the research he conducted for his book El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition (University of California Press, 2012). Hayes-Bautista is distinguished professor of medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the David Geffen School of Medicineat UCLA.

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