During the
civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s, Latino poets, artists, and activists formed bilingual literary journals, magazines, publishing houses, and cultural centers to disseminate their poetry, honor their cultural legacies, and advance social justice for Latino communities. Until they created their own publishing venues their works were not available. Examples of Latino founded early publishing platforms include: the performance venue
Nuyorican Poets Cafe (1973); magazines such as
Corazon De Aztlán (1972),
Revista Chicano-Riqueña (1973), It was not until 2012 that a Latino,
Juan Felipe Herrera, the son of migrant workers from Mexico, served as
poet laureate of the United States. Several Latino poets have since been elected to mainstream American poetry institutions such as the
Poetry Society of America (onto whose board
Rigoberto Gonzalez was elected) and the
Academy of American Poets (in which
Alberto Rios was elected as Chancellor). However, Latino and other nonwhite poets, especially women, remain underrepresented in
National Poetry Month and other mainstream American poetry organizations in the United States. However, there are many scholarly forums for the dissemination of research and teaching methods related to Latino poetry. Since 1968, there are many institutes and programs in colleges and universities throughout the United States that teach Latino literature as a counter-narrative to classes deemed "Eurocentric." In addition, the largest language and academic literary associations feature post-graduate level panels and events on developments in Latino poetry, such as the
Modern Language Association,
Latin American Studies Association, American Comparative Literature Association, and the
American Literature Association, among others. ==Latino poets in the United States==