Years before charting the evolution and diversity of Latino political life in the city, a historian came here to become an activist. His book recalls major battlegrounds from the 1930s to the 1970s: union campaigns; civil rights organizing; elections; Great Society mobilizations; and feminist, gay and lesbian activism. Read an excerpt from “Latinos and the Liberal City” by Eduardo Contreras.
Author Archives: Eduardo Contreras
Eduardo Contreras is associate professor of history at Hunter College, City University of New York. He teaches survey classes as well as courses on U.S. Latino history; race and racism; and the American West.