Unless requested, avoid using Chicano to refer specifically to Mexican Americans . Don't use Spanish-speaking as a synonym for Hispanic, Latino or Chicano. When in doubt about how to refer to a person's race or cultural or ethnic identity, ask the person in question what is preferred. See capitalization , race . Any occurrence in the past is a historical event.
Past history is redundant.
Also, because the consonant h is typically sounded in these words, the article a comes before them, not an . It's human immunodeficiency virus , so HIV virus is redundant. See AIDS . Capitalize all legal federal holidays. New Year's, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.