A Letter From the Publisher: Jul. 11, 1988

Actor Edward James Olmos, a familiar face to fans of Miami Vice and his recent movie Stand and Deliver, is an especially familiar face to pedestrians on Cheesbrough's Lane in East Los Angeles. For our special issue on Hispanic- American culture, TIME's art department came up with an ingenious way of portraying Olmos on the cover. In predominantly Hispanic East Los Angeles, Artist Joe Gonzalez has promoted a renaissance by painting uplifting murals on the sides of buildings. "So we asked ourselves," says Executive Art Director Nigel Holmes, " 'Why not have Gonzalez paint us a mural that depicted Olmos?' "

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