An African American and Latinx History of the United States

An African American and Latinx History of the United States (ReVisioning History)

An intersectional history of the shared struggle for African American and Latinx civil rights

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 â€œGlobal Southâ€ was crucial to the development of America as we know it. Ortiz challenges the notion of westward progress, as exalted by widely taught formulations such as â€œmanifest destinyâ€ and â€œJacksonian democracy,â€ and shows how placing African American, Latinx, and Indigenous voices unapologetically front and center transforms American history into the story of the working class organizing against imperialism.

In precise detail, Ortiz traces this untold history from the Jim Crow-esque racial segregation of the Southwest, the rise and violent fall of a powerful tradition of Mexican labor organizing in the twentieth century, to May 1, 2006, International Workersâ€™ Day, when migrant laborersâ€”Chicana/os, Afro-Cubanos, and immigrants from nearly every continent on earthâ€”united in resistance on the first â€œDay Without Immigrants.â€

Incisive and timely, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a bottom-up history told from the viewpoint of African American and Latinx activists and revealing the radically different ways people of the diaspora addressed issues still plaguing the United States today.
Country USA
Brand Beacon Press
Manufacturer Beacon Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780807013106
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2018-01-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780807013106

Country	USA
Brand	Beacon Press
Manufacturer	Beacon Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780807013106
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2018-01-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780807013106

An African American and Latinx History of the United States (ReVisioning History)

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