September 15 - October 15

Join us as Spartanburg County Public Libraries celebrates LatinX Heritage Month also known as Hispanic Heritage Month. Latinx is the culturally preferred term and is pronounced La-Teen-x / Lah-TEEN-eks. The term “Latinx” relates to people of Latin American origin or descent. LatinX is preferred over Latino or Latina.

History: The origin of the national celebration began as Hispanic Heritage Week back in 1968 and was later expanded to a month long celebration in 1988. National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed each year from September 15th through October 15th by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.