Juneteenth In Mexico

KPRC 2 reporter Keith Garvin went to Mexico to learn more about the African Americans who migrated there and the history and culture they brought with them to the land.
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[@racif]

Unlike the United States, Mexico kept their promise. My country is so rich in its heritage, history, and culture and Afro-descendents are a main part of Mexico. 🇲🇽❤️🇲🇽❤️🇲🇽

[@Sonofjake]

According to the bible, a lot of Mexicans and Negroes & Indians are Israelites.......do your research ✊ Shalawam

[@Chaazaq83]

​@@Sonofjakesay it again family

[@Sonofjake]

@@Chaazaq83 Shalawam AHCH ✊..... JAKE waking up, I'm do a report on this

[@Mexicano1768]

africans are not a main part of mexico. They aren't welcome there and are still segregated 😂

[@gera1383]

Mexico is richer than the United States, we still have not forgotten the lands of Texas, California and Arizona, we are going to fight for those lands, all of us Mexicans are here to appeal for those lands, I swear on my life.

[@tikos7704]

People don't understand that Mexico has a very diverse ethnicity, Vincente Guerrero was half black a very well respected figure in Mexico's history, becoming one of Mexico's founding fathers. 💪🏾🇲🇽

[@racif]

One of the best Presidents. Betrayed in a coup by the white wealthy elite who despised having a Afro-Mexican as president. 🇲🇽❤️🇲🇽

[@frana.4086]

And thank you for that piece of history!

[@ericktellez7632]

I wouldnt call him half black when his mother was a native American woman who had most likely black ancestry herself, the man simply was an afro latino/black Mexican. He is part of the Mexican Mount Rushmore: Vicente Guerrero, Benito Juarez, Guadalupe Victoria and Miguel Hidalgo.

[@oscargalaviz3228]

​@@ericktellez7632no Latino mexicano only .

[@carlosm.3426]

@@ericktellez7632 her mother was a pure native, not part black, and vicente's father was a first generation mestizo, his father was a Spanish general, Vicente's father was also a pro Spain follower who wanted Vicente to team up with Spain and not fight for independence, he was never part black or a black mexican, in fact Vicente never claimed he had any black ancestry, you will not find a single source, the reason why afrocentrics spread that he was part black was because Vicente was fighting for the abolishment of slves, but thats not enough evidence lol the man's parents census show his father was a mestizo and mother a native, his mother was born in a native community

[@pc2577]

Mexico, the true land of the free, home of the brave!

[@exithere445]

@@chuckscott-cy7iq That was the only "freedom" you could think of huh?

[@exithere445]

@@chuckscott-cy7iq I can think of much more repression and more laws here in the states than in Mexico, besides the 2nd amendment, which has saved us from psychopaths shooting up public public places like schools for one! Cartel violence is a dif. story so don’t even think about throwing that out there. In Mexico you are not forced to have insurance for car, home or whatever. Public medical is readily available and you will not get denied help due to lack of insurance. Many things make Mexico a great country my guy just gotta come out of your doctrine and see the rest of the world for what it truly is. America is not the greatest country on earth, only Americans think that, and alot of inmigrants believe the same but when they are here and living the American nightmare (high rent, taxes, discrimination, exessive laws, killer cops, etc etc...) they realoze how good they had it down there maybe with less money but a better over all lifestyle.

[@robertceniceros3577]

@@chuckscott-cy7iq only wimps carry guns.

[@martiwaterman1437]

@@chuckscott-cy7iq If they were the case. It would’ve the FIRST Amendment. In case you have not read the Bill of Eights in the American Constitution, it is not.

[@bestia2.063]

@@chuckscott-cy7iq who cares about your stupid guns like I swear that is the center of civilization

[@modestohuirache122]

It seems Mexico is getting the credit it deserves in history

[@jacquelynramsey2021]

My Mother told me her people left the USA and went to Mexico and that they were Black Seminoles. I have heard this story all of my life.

[@TheStreetFoolosopherMr187]

Seminoles and Mexican tribes connections dates back from years before United States current borders were made

[@nyclassic4ever130]

Amd then what stayed in Mexico or you in the USA? Im confused...

[@BurnerBoy-mw7tx]

@@nyclassic4ever130me too lol wish they elaborated

[@fredricksmith8760]

​@@nyclassic4ever130no some of the Black Seminoles went to Mexico OBVIOUSLY not ALL. The descendants of the Black Seminoles STILL LIVE IN OKLAHOMA. That's who built TULSA BLACK WALL STREET!

[@alejandroruiz2432]

lots of our black family should see this video to see that theres more that unite us than divide us . my Brother from another mother was black and am Mexican and used to tell him this stories from history and he learned that we were there for each other for hundreds of Yrs. sadly my brother died of cancer.

[@nowthatsacookie]

❤🙏🏽

[@maxamillionese8519]

Yes I agree .

[@DA-wg5cz]

literally you have more Roots conection whit SPANIARDS.

[@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684]

We Mexicans saved the Africans from slavery and they pay us by massacring, stealing and beating our Mexican brothers street vendors

[@1984oner]

These modern day blacks are lost... they pray to the gangster rap and the streets....

[@chuckscott-cy7iq]

Salute to Mexico for keeping their promises to the people. 🍺

[@josevenancio5008]

The majority of Africans-Mexicans are mostly in my State of Guerrero , Oaxaca and Veracruz ❤️ 💪🏿💪🏾👏🏿👏🏾🙌🏿🙌🏾 🇲🇽

[@ironvoice5079]

I have known about the Mascogo tribe for a long time and this story is extremely motivating but on the other hand, really sad because there is so much history missing in American books that focus on the white birth of America only while indigenous and black history is nonexistent.

[@jonathangriesy4652]

Great story!!! Being half Mexican and half African American, I love stories like this. I'm glad the news station FINALLY let you run with it!

[@flako2844]

I’m full Mexican

[@pearlperlitavenegas2023]

I'm full Mexican too, my kids are half Mexican & half Nigerian

[@pearlperlitavenegas2023]

@@OrchidHearts Nice

[@mggzaz]

Here some history: *Mexico had the first black president of the Americas, Mr. Vicente Guerrero. He was one of the founding fathers of the Mexican Nation who insurrected and defeated the Spanish Crown to give Mexico its independence. He became President of Mexico in 1829, being the second democratically elected president to be in office in independent Mexico. His legacy comprises the formalization of the abolition of slavery and a series of groundbreaking law decrees through which he ordered that, regardless of race or place of birth, at the very moment of setting foot on Mexican grounds, every enslaved human being immediately becomes a free citizen of the Mexican Republic, without needing to fulfill any further requirements. He also established that the Mexican citizenship was to be obtained by desire and not by request. In 1849, the State of Guerrero, home to the City of Acapulco, was named in his honor. His phrase “La patria es primero” (The homeland is first) are immortalized in golden letters on the central wall above the main tribune of the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro, the main seat of the Mexican legislative power, also called The Congress of the Union. As President of Mexico, he had sovereignty over almost a half of the actual USA, which consists of Mexican land which several decades after Vicente Guerrero’s death, became, through invasion and theft, the USA that we know today.*

[@DA-wg5cz]

@@mggzaz he wasnt BLACK, he was a INDIGENOUS person STOP putting the BLACK LABEL EVERYWHERE, MEXICO has their own CULTURE, and i am proud of my AZTEC and SPANISH HERITAGE.

[@cesarflores9974]

Mexico has an African connection more than people realize. Vicente Guerrero and Gaspar Yanga are 2 historical legends that were abolishing and fighting against slavery before the U.S. Guerrero was a war hero and president of Mexico while Yanga established the first free colony for ex slaves and called the first Liberator of America.

[@frana.4086]

Wow, thank you for that extra history!

[@Sonofjake]

Facts 👌..... remember the Haitians helped Mexico fight against imperialism also..... Shalawam ✊

[@frana.4086]

@@Sonofjake Shalawam Shalawam! Didn't know that! APTTMHY!

[@cesarflores9974]

@@Sonofjake That is true! Haiti paved the way for the rest of Latin America for their fight for independence from the powerful european powers. Remarkable what Haiti was able to do. Haiti and Mexico have been strong allies since.

[@joseantonioacgarcia]

Remember to Don José María Morelos y Pavón, he was of african origin, and, he was a great hero of Mexican independence, he wrote the sentiments of the Nation, which said in one of its sections: everyone will be called American, only vice and virtue will distinguish one man from another.

[@rubencampos3568]

Mexico 🇲🇽 has a rich and amazing history! Hopefully they make a movie of this and also the legend of Gaspar Yanga! Viva Mexico! ❤️

[@RKELS69]

MY FAMILY IS FROM PARRAL CHIHUAHUA LIKE 4 HRS SOUTH OF EL PASO TX THERE WERE MANY BLACK PEOPLE THERE MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME THEY WERE DESCENDANTS OF ESCAPED SLAVES THAT SETTLED IN MEXICO AND THAT THEIR FAMILY HAD ALSO FOUGHT IN THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION. THAT STORY WAS VERY POPULAR AND NORMAL IN PARRAL CHIHUAHUA ❤

[@lovelivelife3092]

I'm African American with a whole bunch of other stuff in there. My grandfather was from that place. I could never say the name correctly as a child, and him and his siblings spoke Spanish fluently.❤

[@mggzaz]

*Mexico had the first black president of the Americas, Mr. Vicente Guerrero. He was one of the founding fathers of the Mexican Nation who insurrected and defeated the Spanish Crown to give Mexico its independence. He became President of Mexico in 1829, being the second democratically elected president to be in office in independent Mexico. His legacy comprises the formalization of the abolition of slavery and a series of groundbreaking law decrees through which he ordered that, regardless of race or place of birth, at the very moment of setting foot on Mexican grounds, every enslaved human being immediately becomes a free citizen of the Mexican Republic, without needing to fulfill any further requirements. He also established that the Mexican citizenship was to be obtained by desire and not by request. In 1849, the State of Guerrero, home to the City of Acapulco, was named in his honor. His phrase “La patria es primero” (The homeland is first) are immortalized in golden letters on the central wall above the main tribune of the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro, the main seat of the Mexican legislative power, also called The Congress of the Union. As President of Mexico, he had sovereignty over almost a half of the actual USA, which consists of Mexican land which several decades after Vicente Guerrero’s death, became, through invasion and theft, the USA that we know today.*

[@danieldelrancho5749]

Actually a catholic Mestizo priest named Miguel Hidalgo was the one who gave Mexico independence from Spain not Vicente Guerrero

[@mggzaz]

@@danieldelrancho5749By the time the war of independence was won, Hidalgo was dead for over a decade. He is considered the most important among the insurrectionists, but that doesn’t make Guerrero less worthy. General Vicente Guerrero fought the independence war along with Miguel Hidalgo, José Maria Morelos, Agustín de Iturbide, etc. etc. etc. The “Cura” Hidalgo was a “criollo”, which means someone born in Mexico from European parents or parents of European descent.

[@danieldelrancho5749]

@@mggzaz false. Miguel Hidalgo started the revolution for independence not Vicente, he joined later on

[@danieldelrancho5749]

@@mggzaz also Miguel Hidalgo was in fact a mestizo not criollo. That was one of the issues that sparked the revolution for independence. Mestizos and Indians weren’t allowed to hold positions or power within the Catholic Church. I have actually been to his museum which is the old church where he worked as a cura in the town of Dolores Hidalgo Guanajuato. 😉

[@mggzaz]

@@danieldelrancho5749 Hidalgo es el padre de la patria, pero no su fundador. Murió fusilado en 1811. La guerra de independencia terminó en 1821. El cura Hidalgo era además de sacerdote un rico Hacendado, padre de varios hijos e hijas y su origen étnico era el de criollo (nacido en México de padres blancos nacidos en Europa o mexicanos). Miguel Hidalgo, José María Morelos, Vicente Guerrero, Nicolás Bravo, Leonardo Bravo, Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Guadalupe Victoria, Agustín de Iturbide, Ignacio Allende, Leona Vicario, Mariano Abasolo, Ignacio Aldama, Juan Aldama, Andrés Quintana Roo, Javier Mina, Ignacio López Rayón, Mariano Matamoros, Hermenegildo Galeana y Pablo Galeana son todos caudillos insurgentes. Vicente Guerrero, como jefe de la insurgencia desde 1816, entró a la Ciudad de México en 1821 para consumar la independencia y fundó la República luego del breve imperio del desterrado Agustín de Iturbide; desempeñándose como miembro suplente del poder ejecutivo y secretario de guerra y marina hasta convertirse en primer mandatario en 1829.

[@El_Mil_Usos]

Soy de Coahuila Y ahora soy más Orgulloso de ser de esta erea donde hay tanta historia Gracias 🙏 por esta hermosa historia!!!!!!

[@nicolasflores9047]

Such beautiful people. Makes me proud to be Mexican.

[@srozier4359]

My great great great grandfather were Afro Mexican… I’m soooo happy for you to recognize what I grew up acknowledging my ancestors

[@GabrielLopez-dy9kh]

These people are not “Afro Mexican”. They are mascogos and the people in the video you see are primarily of Mexican descent.The video is referring to mascogos who came from the us and mixed with the greater Mexican population.

[@claudiaponce3175]

Good job on getting this story approved and made. 👌 As a Mexican living in this country, my second home, I respect you and thank you.

[@JimmyGarcia-hh2og]

Half the united states'🇺🇸 Is Mexico 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽!!! California, Oregon, Nevada, Wyoming, Kansas, oaklahoma, Idaho, Texas, Arizona, new Mexico, Utah, Montana!!!!=🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 Thanks to Mexico, blacks are no longer slaves!!.

[@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684]

We Mexicans saved the Africans from slavery and they pay us by massacring, stealing and beating our Mexican brothers street vendors

[@pokerange6911]

Mexico is more than beaches and CDMX! Beautiful country full of cultures and history! 🇲🇽

[@calidawg510]

They should stay over there then

[@PaintballBo]

@@calidawg510lmao Cali= Mexico

[@CogitoErgoSumFortis]

Lol, they weren't defending against hostile natives, they were defending against Americans trying to settle and steal more lands after the theft of half of the territory.

[@dannakiel2650]

Talk to ‘Em 🗣️

[@gwenstevens1963]

Thanks Keith for bringing us this story and not giving up!! This is HISTORY

[@frequency26]

So much history never told! The entire world needs to see this!

[@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684]

We Mexicans saved the Africans from slavery and they pay us by massacring, stealing and beating our Mexican brothers street vendors

[@AwokenEntertainment]

thanks for doing these stories! amazing to know that regions like this exist!

[@princess-mn2li]

So glad we got to hear this story! I never knew this history existed in Mexico. Thanks for bringing this story to us

[@isaacortiz6712]

So beautiful to see my beautiful Mexico having different cultures like Africans and Chinese people my beautiful Mexico always free from slavery viva pancho Villa and Emiliano zapata and my beautiful land Durango

[@chingonbass]

no it really isn't, all these people are colonizers, no different than the whites.

[@fernze.6478]

Now Little Haiti in Tijuana..There will be a Mexican Haitians mix interesting to see 50 years from now..

[@yesibot.2051]

Yes we are also from Durango very proud of my ancestors. The menonnites are our neighbors so I can say Mexico is very welcoming ❤️

[@JimmyGarcia-hh2og]

@@fernze.6478 The black interracial fad is over.

[@vergespierre4271]

lol african- those are the original americans(INdigenous) hence june 16th being a indigenous holiday- thats another tid bit that they hide

[@gdevonfarley]

I love finding history that is not in American history books.

[@skywolf2012]

B4 the west coast was invaded the Mexican state of California was governed by Pio Pico a Afro Mexican .There's a mural plaque about him in LA METRO REDLINE Universal City Station. Much history about Califorños is interesting and fascinating.

[@danieldelrancho5749]

Hopefully tourists don’t mess up this place

[@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684]

We Mexicans saved the Africans from slavery and they pay us by massacring, stealing and beating our Mexican brothers street vendors

[@ricodelavega4511]

black americans when they leave the country only travel to paris, unfortunately.

[@eddie-roo]

I don’t think tourists are going to a random rural community in Coahuila

[@trillspilltx6628]

As a so called black man from Oklahoma I didn't find out about my American Indian or native ties to 3 tribes till I was older... This is a fascinating story...

[@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684]

We Mexicans saved the Africans from slavery and they pay us by massacring, stealing and beating our Mexican brothers street vendors

[@papifeo.]

As a uncle tom i feel ya

[@calidawg510]

I mean a lot of us have a diverse background but either pass as black or white

[@jayste9334]

Powerful ✊🏾, glad you all stuck with the story and got it done 3yrs later. 💯

[@sexymama1966]

I never knew this. Thanks for the enlightenment!

[@albertozepeda1939]

Mexico was and is still full of love....from not genociding their Native Americans to welcoming the Irish and poor Europeans and to welcoming the runaway slaves....Mexico is always doing gods work.

[@Fadedevryday5476]

Plus the Mormons, Mennonites, and Chinese immigrants in mid to late 19th century.

[@eddie-roo]

Mexico also took in a lot of refugees fleeing from WWII, the Spanish Civil War and the many conflicts in the Middle East

[@MsBriSmith]

Wow, this was an awesome history lesson

[@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684]

We Mexicans saved the Africans from slavery and they pay us by massacring, stealing and beating our Mexican brothers street vendors

[@davidtoledo2323]

God is ALWAYS ON TIME.❤🙏🏽

[@RadicalforGod]

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@oacardamianrodriguez5106]

As a mexican, that's new for me. Love the story. I tought black mexicans we're only from the coast of Guerrero and Veracruz

[@Fadedevryday5476]

Same here until now.

[@davenalford6956]

Fun fact: In The 1770s is when Florida Indians "collectively became known as Seminole", a name meaning "runaway." In addition to Creeks, Seminoles included Yuchis, Yamasses and a few aboriginal remnants. The population also increased with runaway slaves who found refuge among the Indians.

[@DonaGeek]

I’m American Mexican and was decently surprised to find out I’m 8% African ❤my mother is from Guerrero and I am sure it’s her side of her family we get the African from

[@charlesleeray8512]

It comes from the Spanish..Spain was conquered by Arabs for hundreds of years

[@RobertJones-uh2wk]

😊 that means you're black if you come over here in the US that mean you are black you got you got African warrior jeans inside of you

[@ConnieJones-12345]

Congratulations😂 you are a brother

[@venanciobernabe7334]

Gracias por sacarnos de la ignorancia a muchos tanto en México como en US y todo el mundo, conocer la historia de México enamora nos hace valorarlo mucho más, muy diferente las opiniones de los ignorantes.

[@DA-wg5cz]

literalmente todos los que iniciaron la revolucion Mexicana tenian mas sangre ESPAÑOLA que MEXICANA.

[@boujiebarbie3198]

This is a very interesting find. I never knew we as black people had this connection with Mexico. And you're right, there should be so many books and movies and interviews and coverage done on that city. It was a pleasure to watch this story.

[@Akipaver]

I love my home land!! Mexico is full of love🇲🇽

[@alfredojimenez7897]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣no its not, its crazy af

[@JimmyGarcia-hh2og]

@@alfredojimenez7897 You're a hater, cerote!!!

[@Akipaver]

@@alfredojimenez7897 you obviously haven't been in a while. Yes it's dangerous in certain places but that's everywhere.

[@DA-wg5cz]

@@alfredojimenez7897 LA, DETROIT, BALTIMORE, SAN FRANCISCO, SACRAMENTO. bro i have 19 years old an din my school un MEXICO they show us how those USA cities look as example of a BAD SOCIETY. FENTANYL, HOMELESS no thanks i prefer MEXICO.

[@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684]

We Mexicans saved the Africans from slavery and they pay us by massacring, stealing and beating our Mexican brothers street vendors

[@SavonePlummer-qk7ew]

Gracias Mexico. Wonderful for helping your fellow man. Blessings from NYC

[@jewelsjkm]

Very nice historical piece to lift up for Juneteenth. Thank you for putting this together and not giving up on sharing this❤️

[@RJ-pe6uj]

I heard about these Black in that part of Mexico. I couldn't tell the difference between dark skin Mexican or Blacks, they were just Mexican.

[@eddie-roo]

Most Mexicans are a mix from everywhere in the world, so it’s really difficult to draw hard lines on who is black, who is indigenous, who is Mediterranean and who is Asian. The Mexican census actually didn’t record people’s race up until 2015 and even now it only records black, Afro-Mexican and Afrodescendent people to make sure these marginal communities like the Black Seminoles or the Costeño Black people are not neglected. Mexico doesn’t really have that much of a racism problem, colorism and classism are more prevalent. Of course, some of the US’s racism culture does bleed over, but generally Mexicans don’t care about race the same way the US does.

[@1965atticus]

EVERYONE IS WELCOMED IN MEXICO

[@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684]

We Mexicans saved the Africans from slavery and they pay us by massacring, stealing and beating our Mexican brothers street vendors

[@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684]

We Mexicans saved the Africans from slavery and they pay us by massacring, stealing and beating our Mexican brothers street vendors

[@EddeeezNuttz1129]

Not white people

[@mayonesa6610]

As long as they don’t bring their victim mentality and woke mentality.

[@CaliMex96]

​@@mayonesa6610what the f does that mean

[@pearlperlitavenegas2023]

I too am trying to escape to Mexico!!!! 😂

[@JoseAMoreno21]

Same! My mother was born in Rio bravo trying to fix her up with the actual citizen ship so i can get it.

[@juanmariscal3897]

What an amazing journey and history, I would love to visit one day in the near future

[@catmejia6109]

Thank you sir for respectfully making this!!!! Many of us, We knew this, but thank you for showing the rest of the people tuning into your program. We are black. We are Mexican, we are indigenous to these lands from there to what is now Texas and other states lost thanks to Santa Anna….❤ that Mexico abolished slavery BEFORE a the USA and actually kept their promise of giving land money and a start to a way of life ❤❤ I get so tired of racism from blacks whites and Hispanics in real life and KZbin , social media etc ….peopl don’t get we are almost ALL mixed races cultural and ethnicity……I’d love to love there where you can be you in peace , ❤❤❤❤ to my fellow indigenous, blacks and Mexicanos 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤❤❤❤

[@richso117]

Great job..! KEEP THESE TRADITIONS ALIVE.! Very interesting and AWESOME.!

[@rebeccafranco5157]

Estoy tan emocionada x este reportaje soy de muzquiz pero vivo en florida visito cada k se puede me case hace 39 años en la iglesia santa rosa de lima hemos estado ahi x el nacimiento mi hija hace un año estuvo x ahi hospedada rosy cabañas ahi en el nacimiento todo super lindo me gusto un monton el reportaje todo lo padre de ahi lo dijeron la sierra madre se ve hermosa desde ahi el nacimiento espero k lo vea mucha gente y visite nuestro bello melchor muzquiz coahuila DLB🙏👏👏👏

[@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684]

We Mexicans saved the Africans from slavery and they pay us by massacring, stealing and beating our Mexican brothers street vendors

[@vicenteluna1387]

Saludos de un Muzquence, vivo en Dallas y también soy de Muzquiz.

[@hectorrivas6238]

Why didn’t they teach us these things in school!! This is real American history black history is history to all America not just US. It’s amazing

[@TheStreetFoolosopherMr187]

Don't forget the Brown history that gets overlooked

[@Fadedevryday5476]

I heard they teach it in some South Texas schools but fr it should def I’ve taught at all schools.

[@jesusangelgonzalez4627]

You should go to Costa Chica between Guerrero and Oaxaca,there we have the largest afromexican population in Mexico.

[@Joyful_Smiles]

Wow! Are they Seminole like us? We are in Florida. Our ancestors fought the Seminole Wars against the US and won.

[@shinoame]

@jenniferlalaa7217 I think they are descendants of the African enslaved population brought to Mexico ( and many other countries in LA) by the Spaniards.

[@calidawg510]

@@Joyful_SmilesThe U.S won its a state now

[@Fadedevryday5476]

@@Joyful_Smilesthey descended from slaves during the time when Mexico was called New Spain and ruled by the Spaniards.

[@jesusangelgonzalez4627]

@calidawg510 The USA lost Florida to the British pirate Sir Francis Drake

[@jvazizq]

This is the power of women. They create tradition and tradition unites people from individuals to a community.

[@risa7591]

Great story! Fantastic Journalism! We definitely need to hear more of this history! Thank You !

[@joseadriancisnerosaguilar8912]

Funny how they come looking different and as time goes by they become beautiful Mexicans . Mexico is unique and it's people as well love this part of our Mexican history.

[@ZonaRegiaDos023]

Iwas born just next door to the state and i did 'nt knew this Comunity exist ! I have to visit before i die . Im in chicago but soon ill retire and yes i have to go and see a part of all of our history nd most important , learn from it. Thank you for bring this to the World !

[@connie-qz9me]

This is shocking to me even though I found out that there are black people in Mexico that leave in separate very beautiful, and peaceful remote areas in Mexico but I don't know that Black Mexicans celebrate Juneteenth. Happy Juneteenth to you all. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@connie-qz9me]

Thank u for liking my comment 😌😊

[@javiersalinas4250]

All American continent have a Africans descent,Central America, Cuba,RD,Puerto Rico,Colombia, Peru,Ecuador, Venezuela,Bolivia,Brasil and Mexico.

[@1988vikable]

The black/seminal mexicans are not the same ones that are located in the south of Mexico. The black seminoles come from USA and Mexico gave them asylum. The ones in the south were slaves brought by the spanish and set free by Mexico when Mexico gained independence from Spain.

[@gabriellelee7119]

Fascinating story! I could see the history and mix culture amongst the people of Nacimiento. These are real stories that matter and connects us across the border. I'm part Mexican-American on my mother's side and Asian on my father's side so this story resonates as people who try to keep their tradition and culture alive. By the way, we miss you in Los Angeles Daniella! 🥰

[@lindaprimmer7633]

Amazing how different cultures were given the news of their FREEDOM ............and that 70,000 acre stipend of land!!!!!!!!!!!! first I heard of Naciamento in Mexico....at 74 yrs young...

[@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684]

We Mexicans saved the Africans from slavery and they pay us by massacring, stealing and beating our Mexican brothers street vendors

[@BlackAmericanIndia]

Wow! Here in the US, "40 acres and a mule" verbal promise was a smack in the face.

[@vital1217]

I just got educated on something I never knew, and I'm 55 years old, plus my grandparents are from Mexico.

[@mele9131]

Thank you for telling this story and not giving up!

[@Joyful_Smiles]

Yes, those are our family members!!! Together, our people won all 3 Seminole Wars against the US. The Bahamians were part of the wars as well. They are literally our blood. We need a family reunion. Thank you for doing this report. I am glad to see they are doing well. May they continue in prosperity and peace. Blessings!

[@ManuelGarcia-dp4iz]

Great story. Glad to know that Mexico is part of this tradition and know that we are united for the same cause. Thanks again.

[@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684]

We Mexicans saved the Africans from slavery and they pay us by massacring, stealing and beating our Mexican brothers street vendors

[@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684]

We not together don’t gy confused

[@menewsome]

​@@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684Sure aren't. These Hispanics are not to be trusted!!!

[@juandiegogonzalez-lg6zf]

@@menewsome en ese caso.. muchisimo menos en ustedes.. en la guerra para abolir la esclavitud se les abrio la puerta a México.. para ser exactos estados como california, arizona, texas y pese a que unos pocos ayudaron en la batalla muchos mas traicionaron al mexicano.. ayudando al gringo a robar mas de la mitad del territorio a México.. asi que no hablemos de en quien se puede confiar o no..

[@ManuelGarcia-dp4iz]

@@mictantecuhtliquetzaltecoa7684 I have no idea what you are talking about? Maybe not you but others did. Not because one groups was bad the rest are the same. I’m sure some were looking for freedom.

[@bilqis3]

Awesome story! Thanks so much for expanding our exposure to both U.S. and Mexican history, and a way in which they connect.

[@afterhourscinema782]

There's nothing I love more than the mixing of cultures and people getting along

[@daniaa.oliva-pena7338]

God bless you for keeping the traditions ,music ,food and up and downs . Thank you to the ancestors ❤

[@RamonGarcia-iy1rf]

I just came across this video and I loved it! I love the history of people, all cultures all “people “ we are all brothers we are one❤

[@emilianohuesca3081]

There’s a lot of black people in Mexico, in general, but you can’t see them because it’s already mixed in. Which explains why most Mexicans have some degree of black ancestry. It also depends what state of Mexico you are from

[@CB4mo_nofomo]

Thank you for sharing this story, beautiful people, towns and history with us! Great work, Keith and Rodger 💝

[@KeturahTori]

Thank you for your tenacity and getting this story done Love it

[@nicolasflores9047]

Large population of African brothers and sisters in Guerrero as well. We all have a little bit of each other within us I would like to think.

[@carlosm.3426]

none of them are african, they are all mexicans and have been in mexico for over 500 years, disrespectful to call them africans smh

[@juandiegogonzalez-lg6zf]

@@carlosm.3426 no se que chingados esta pasando con estas personas.. pero lee mas abajo y veras gente diciendo que los olmecas eran negros.. a quien le beneficia cambiar la historia de esta forma?? Para que?? Porque ahora que se asercan elecciones en usa y hay un candidato negro.. es extraño

[@juniorpenalozasaucedo9464]

I think so

[@nicolasflores9047]

@@juniorpenalozasaucedo9464 yeah one of our President’s was a black brother and his name was Vicente Guerrero. They named that state after him.

[@juniorpenalozasaucedo9464]

@@nicolasflores9047 is that why a lot my uncles and relatives are really dark brown I mean not black but like super dark brown I get pretty dark in summer time myself

[@user-ii4ou4qk3f]

Thanks, KPRC! Viva Mexico! What a great tribute to our cultural heritage👏👏👏

[@jesusangelgonzalez4627]

I'm from agujita Coahuila Moskogos fought for Mexico

[@harvest-min1825]

Mexicans have a connection to tribes over on the other side.

[@TheStreetFoolosopherMr187]

Too bad the dumb United States prison system doesn't believe that! You have Natives (American Natives) and Paisas (Mexican Natives) always fighting even though they're the same people🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@francofuentes7484]

Viva Mexico 🇲🇽! Viva Nacimiento! Viva nuestra cultura! Thank you for the awesome special report.

[@Mexicano1768]

That's not our cultura pen. dejo 💀

[@YoungMuscleCock]

@@Mexicano1768why are you being a racist? I’ve done all my history in Mexico and this place is a Pueblo in Coahuila and the Indios mascogos did settle the nacimiento town and are a tribe protected by their own laws Mexico is a place of mestizaje and if you were Mexican you would know that, I’m from Guanajuato and studied Mexican history in San Vicente and high school up until every foreign US affair in other Spanish speaking countries.

[@Mexicano1768]

@@YoungMuscleCock La unica razon k están ahí es x k los africanos esos escaparon de sus amos en EEUU. They don't belong there is my point! Mexico is Mestizó, Mexican Mestizo is vastly, Spanish and Indigenous decent. Los ne.gros no son nuestros indígenas. Entiendo que as de tener una afección con los ne.gros pero la neta es la neta guey. No se debe de mezclar los sentimientos personales con la verdad, nunca.

[@calidawg510]

where do you live?

[@francofuentes7484]

@@YoungMuscleCock desafortunadamente hay mucho mexicano racista también. Unfortunately, there are some Mexicans that are racist like this individual @loco12

[@agustinvaldez1686]

Just love it how we're all connected, no matter where we come from. Great documentary, super educational. Thank you guys for this.

[@raquelespino5088]

Coah. Mexico is very diverse. I love it when they share these stories. ❤

[@TheHaagendazs0]

This was really informative and positive. Much better than any of the trash news I’m seeing lately filled with violence 😊

[@kungfukenny1540]

Facts

[@TheHaagendazs0]

@@kungfukenny1540 for real.

[@illuminadi5848]

Absolutely great report! So much history that we know nothing about! Thank you.

[@nancycavazos183]

Thank you for bringing us this story and it’s very interesting to know. Like you I just have found videos on documentaries of the blacks in the southern coast of Mexico. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@TMGettingMoney]

This is mind blowing that these beautiful Black Mexicans and Seminoles continue to celebrate Juneteenth until this day. This brings tears to my eyes💯‼️👑🏆🙏🏾💪🏾🙌🏾😭❤️💙🇲🇽

[@lynnaehardy6707]

Yes, Books and Movies of their Past, Present, and Future. Love this!!!!

[@daniaa.oliva-pena7338]

I see our neighborhoods in those faces .😊

[@slc6389]

Wonderful! I loved learning about Juneteenth in Mexico. I would love to go celebrate there!!❤❤

[@danieldelrancho5749]

They are the descendants of general John Horse or Juan Caballo. My great grandfather was from that area.

[@jennifergarza7766]

Sedrick Huckaby’s pastel works of art are absolutely beautiful! Thank you to the US governments Fulbright Scholars Program

[@nyieshahopkins6700]

Wow. I m a little late to this story but truly appreciate that this was sent to me. I never ever have heard this story. Beautiful. Just beautiful and fascinating

[@PalomaNegra873]

Thank you for fighting to bring this story to more audiences.

[@Suzukque]

Seems so peaceful there. You can have the big cities

[@itzcoatlrojas2062]

Such a rich and beautiful history. It's so great that people continue to hold and keep their histories alive.

[@llcurrythompsonxdiamondfac25]

Beautiful.

[@sgt01yoshi]

Thank you so much for not giving up and bringing this story to light. I want to know more!

[@marioalberto5880]

Wonderful work Mr. Keith Garvin , Thank you . I knew about the presence in our Mexican history , from the book and movie "Like Water for Chocolate" written by Laura Esquivel , the beautiful end , tells the secret of a hidden love"

[@rubenbustamante1828]

When i was living in mexico back in 82' our neighbors were Black whoopie Goldberg black Forrest whittaker Black and we would invite them over on birthdays to celebrate with us they were very nice people but i was shocked to see them speak spanish

[@user-ld5sb5tq4g]

I have family surprisingly in El Paso, Texas. Was stationed there three years. Thanks for doing this piece!

[@lorenzojones6484]

Beautiful story…That is on my bucket list to visit now.

[@musicsansnotes]

This is wonderful to listen to. I love the history and how you presented it. I'm hoping millions see this.

[@Josemendoza-ul8nv]

Muy Bien 😊 gracias por el video i la information 😊

[@shellyo6192]

This is so touching and beautiful. thank you for uploading such precious golden history that lots need to watch..

[@sharonkaysnowton]

Great story! Glad they are able to understand they are part of three wonderful cultures. Their history. Their ancestors. Their story. Amen.

[@christianfurnari8878]

Thank you for sharing such a great story 😊❤

[@TheCelticFootballClub8541]

According to the Mexican census, there are currently 3 million Mexicans who identify as Afro Mexicans. I have seen a lot of them in Costa Chica which is a region in the state of Guerrero.