An African American and Latinx history of the United States
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Boston : Beacon Press, [2018].
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Published
Boston : Beacon Press, [2018].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 276 pages ; 24 cm.
Street Date
1801
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-259) and index.
Description
"Spanning more than two hundred years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history, arguing that the "Global South" was crucial to the development of America as we know it. Scholar and activist Paul Ortiz challenges the notion of westward progress as exalted by widely taught formulations such as "manifest destiny" and "Jacksonian democracy," and shows how placing African American, Latinx, and Indigenous voices unapologetically front and center transforms US history into one of the working class organizing against imperialism. Drawing on rich narratives and primary source documents, Ortiz links racial segregation in the Southwest and the rise and violent fall of a powerful tradition of Mexican labor organizing in the twentieth century, to May 1, 2006, known as International Workers' Day, when migrant laborers--Chicana/os, Afrocubanos, and immigrants from every continent on earth--united in resistance on the first "Day Without Immigrants." As African American civil rights activists fought against Jim Crow laws and Mexican labor organizers warred against the suffocating grip of capitalism, Black and Spanish-language newspapers, abolitionists, and Latin American revolutionaries coalesced around movements built between people from the United States and people from Central America and the Caribbean. And in stark contrast to the resurgence of "America first" rhetoric, Black and Latinx intellectuals and organizers today have urged the United States to build bridges of solidarity with the nations of the America. Incisive and timely, this bottom-up history, told from the interconnected vantage points of Latinx and African Americas, reveals the radically different ways that people of the diaspora have addressed issues still plaguing the United States today, and it offers a way forward in the continued struggle for universal civil rights."--Jacket flaps.
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LC Subjects
African Americans -- History.
Anti-imperialist movements -- United States.
Blacks -- Caribbean Area -- Politics and government.
Hispanic Americans -- History.
Internationalists -- United States -- History.
Latin America -- Relations -- United States.
United States -- Ethnic relations.
United States -- Race relations.
United States -- Relations -- Latin America.
Working class -- United States -- History.
Anti-imperialist movements -- United States.
Blacks -- Caribbean Area -- Politics and government.
Hispanic Americans -- History.
Internationalists -- United States -- History.
Latin America -- Relations -- United States.
United States -- Ethnic relations.
United States -- Race relations.
United States -- Relations -- Latin America.
Working class -- United States -- History.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ortiz, P. (2018). An African American and Latinx history of the United States . Beacon Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ortiz, Paul, 1964-. 2018. An African American and Latinx History of the United States. Beacon Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ortiz, Paul, 1964-. An African American and Latinx History of the United States Beacon Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ortiz, Paul. An African American and Latinx History of the United States Beacon Press, 2018.
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