Title Civil rights and beyond : African American and Latino/a activism in the twentieth-century United States / edited by Brian D. Behnken

Published Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations Contents African American and Latino/a activism(s) and relations: an introduction / Brian D. Behnken -- From the "next best thing to one of us" to "one of us": Edward Roybal, Gilbert Lindsay, and racial politics in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s / Kevin Allen Leonard -- Civil rights "beyond the fields": African American and Mexican American civil rights activism in Bakersfield, California, 1947-1964 / Oliver A. Rosales -- Beyond 1959: Cuban exiles, race, and Miami's Black freedom struggle / Chanelle Nyree Rose -- Internationalizing civil rights: Afro-Cubans, African Americans, and the problem of global apartheid / Mark Malisa -- "We need to unite with as many people as possible": the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords Organization in Chicago / Jakobi Williams -- "A common citizenship of freedom": what Black power taught Chicago's Puerto Rican independentistas / Dan Berger -- "Justice now! Justicia ahora!": African American-Puerto Rican radicalism in Camden, New Jersey / Laurie Lahey -- Forgotten residents fighting back: the Ludlow Community Association and neighborhood improvement in Philadelphia / Alyssa Ribeiro -- The next struggle: African American and Latino/a collaborative activism in the post-civil rights era / Brian D. Behnken -- Rainbow reformers: Black-Brown activism and the election of Harold Washington / Gordon Mantler -- Southern solidarities: U.S. civil rights and Latin American social movements in the nuevo south / Hannah Gill Summary Civil Rights and Beyond examines the dynamic relationships between African American and Latino/a activists in the United States from the 1930s to the present day. Building on recent scholarship, this book pushes the timeframe for the study of interactions between blacks and a variety of Latino/a groups beyond the standard chronology of the civil rights era. As such, the book merges a host of community histories·each with their own distinct historical experiences and activisms·to explore group dynamics, differing strategies and activist moments, and the broader quests of these communities for rights and social justice. The collection is framed around the concept of (activism,? which most fully encompasses the relationships that blacks and Latinos have enjoyed throughout the twentieth century. Wide ranging and pioneering, Civil Rights and Beyond explores black and Latino/a activism from California to Florida, Chicago to Bakersfield·and a host of other communities and cities·to demonstrate the complicated nature of African AmericanvLatino/a activism in the twentieth-century United States Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century Latin Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century Latin Americans -- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies. African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Politics and government Civil rights movements Latin Americans -- Civil rights Race relations SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Behnken, Brian D., editor ISBN 9780820349152 0820349151

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