Lin-Manuel Miranda often plays the lead part of Uznavi. Here he is with the title song from "In the Heights."
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Lin-Manuel Miranda is being honored for his work with several organizations. These include Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the Hispanic Federation. They also include the Latina Suicide Prevention Program of Woodhull Medical Center in New York.
The theme for this year's awards ceremony is "Celebrating History, Heritage and the American Dream." More than three thousand Hispanic leaders from across the country are expected to attend.
Pop star Irvin "Pee Wee" Salinas will also perform. He was lead singer of the group Los Kumbia Kings, later renamed the Kumbia Allstars.
He released his first solo album in August of two thousand nine. "Yo Soy" reached number one on Billboard's Latin Pop Albums Chart. Here he is performing "Cumbaya."
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During National Hispanic Heritage Month, events are held around the country. The observance began as National Hispanic Heritage Week in nineteen sixty-eight under President Lyndon Johnson. In nineteen eighty-eight President Ronald Reagan and Congress expanded the celebration to a month-long event.
Here in Washington, the Smithsonian American Art Museum will sponsor a Latino Art and Culture Tour. The exhibit traces the work of Hispanic artists from the nineteenth century to the present.
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