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Newspaper The Voice Combined With La Voz Latina (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1936-193?

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About The Voice Combined With La Voz Latina (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1936-193?

Formed in 1932 by Luis H. Cordova, the Latin American Club of Arizona was a political organization that endorsed candidates for offices and held conventions attended by members from local chapters around the state. The club promoted naturalization of Mexican residents living in Arizona, with plans to cooperate with the American Legion's Americanization Committee (Arizona Republic, March 24, 1933). It claimed to represent the majority of Mexican American voters in Arizona, focusing on "the political welfare of Arizona citizens of Mexican parentage" (Arizona Republic, June 15, 1934).

The club's newspaper, La Voz Latina de Arizona, debuted in Phoenix on February 5, 1936. The four-page paper appeared monthly and was published in Spanish, save for a few columns in English. The masthead included the designation "Organo Oficial Del Club Latino Americano De Arizona" ("Official Organ of the Latin American Club of Arizona"). No editor or publisher was indicated, but names of club officers, including the "Presidente Supremo" Cordova, were listed on the publisher's page.

In the first issue, Cecil Edwards, an Assistant U.S. District Attorney in Arizona, wrote of the club's "worthy objective" of "political unification of the Spanish-speaking people of this state." He encouraged the club to assist Latin Americans living in Arizona who were not qualified voters to attain U.S. citizenship, emphasizing "the political enfranchisement of prospective members of the Club" (February 5, 1936).

Around October 1936, the newspaper's title changed to The Voice Combined with La Voz Latina, still the club's official publication. Most content was now in English, with some Spanish. Visually, the newspaper was quite different, with the addition of biting political cartoons about local political candidates.

El Imparcial reported on July 23, 1937, about a division in the club, which led to some members separating to start another group and publish their own newspaper. Sometime in 1937, Welcome Matley, one of the former members, began publishing The Voice (Voz de la raza), not designated the Latin American Club's official publication. The politically oriented content was mostly in English, with some Spanish columns. There is a single extant issue from February 18, 1938; it is unclear how long Matley's publication lasted.

In August 1948, the Latin American Club of Arizona was re-formed, holding a convention for the first time since 1940, when the club had "all but ceased to function" because of World War II (Arizona Republic, August 23, 1948). On August 20, 1948, The Voice, subtitled La Voz Latina, also reemerged, with an emblem of the club in its masthead and Adolph Orrantia as editor and publisher. It was largely in English, with some columns in Spanish. On the front page, Cordova, who had once again been elected president, called for the club's revival and "a program to enlighten the Latin-American people of our state in education…and to better [their] social and political standards" (August 20, 1948). This is the only extant issue of the reconstituted Voice, and may have been its last.

Provided By: Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Voice Combined With La Voz Latina (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1936-193?

Dates of Publication

  • 1936-193?

Created / Published

  • Phoenix, Ariz. : Latin-American Club of Ariz., 1936-

Headings

  • -  Mexican Americans--Arizona--Newspapers
  • -  Hispanic Americans--Arizona--Newspapers
  • -  Phoenix (Ariz.)--Newspapers
  • -  Hispanic Americans
  • -  Mexican Americans
  • -  Arizona
  • -  Arizona--Phoenix
  • -  United States--Arizona--Maricopa--Phoenix

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Began 1936.
  • -  Merger of: Voice and: Voz latina de Arizona.
  • -  Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 6 (Oct. 12, 1936).

Medium

  • v.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn96060596

OCLC Number

  • 35722628

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The Voice Combined With La Voz Latina Phoenix, Ariz. -193?. (Phoenix, AZ), Jan. 1 1936. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn96060596/.

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(1936, January 1) The Voice Combined With La Voz Latina Phoenix, Ariz. -193?. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn96060596/.

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The Voice Combined With La Voz Latina Phoenix, Ariz. -193?. (Phoenix, AZ) 1 Jan. 1936. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn96060596/.