The Texas Congressman is launching a public campaign to get more music by Latin artists inducted into the National Recording Registry
album over and over around the house. He also recalls liking a lot of the Tex-Mex fusion sounds pioneered by the Texas Tornados andBut as important as music by Latino artists has been throughout his life, Castro has noticed in recent years that little of it has been preserved in the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry, which is made up of recordings considered “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” or that “inform or reflect life in the United States.
“The country is pretty unfamiliar with our contributions in art, music , business, government, and more,” Castro tells. “I resolved that aside from pushing for more inclusion in terms of getting more Latinos as workers and CEOs and executives in media companies, I also wanted us to celebrate these contributions.
Castro has been working on getting more of the Latino experience in the National Archives for several years now. In 2021, when he was serving as chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Castro took on the issue of Latino representation by submitting cultural significant films to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry. BothThe Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
, the 1982 western starring Edward James Olmos, were added through his efforts with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
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