New Exhibit Reminds L.A. The City Has Been Majority Latino Before

July 16, 2013— -- Earlier this month the California Department of Finance issued a report that predicted Latinos will be a majority in the state by early 2014.

But as new exhibit at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum points out: Mexicans have always been a big part of California’s history.

“Without indigenous Mexico, you wouldn’t of had the founding of Los Angeles,” William D. Estrada, Ph.D, told ABC/Univision.

Related Stories

Man sets himself on fire outside Trump courthouse

• Apr 19, 4:11 PM

Gaetz attended 2017 party, woman's statement says

• Apr 19, 5:04 AM

OJ Simpson dies at 76

• Apr 11, 6:32 PM

Estrada is the lead curator of the museum’s latest permanent exhibition called “Becoming Los Angeles.” The 14,000-square-foot exhibition — the museum's biggest — explores how Los Angeles became to be the metropolitan city it is today.