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Spanish Heritage Month: Recognizing Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena's Contributions
by Valery Cedeno
Guillermo González Camarena (1917-1965) was a Mexican inventor and electrical engineer, and he's seen here in a TV studio because of his famouse contribution transforming TV images from black and white to color!
Honoring Spanish Heritage Month
Spanish Heritage Month is a time to honor and celebrate all Hispanics around the world. The most common places where Hispanic people are from are Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Argentina, and Peru. Back in the day, television was only black and white up until 1940 when 17 year old Guillermo González Camarena, a Mexican from Guadalajara invented a device that could make all televisions more colors then black and white. In addition to his invention, he started Mexico City's first TV station.
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